This evening Julie and I drove to Pewsey near Marlborough to put 6 paintings of her animal portraits into the Pewsey Community Crafts and Tea Room. This is a locally run arts and crafts community venture which also does a cup of tea. The place was closed when we arrived but the 'arts coordinator' met us and we spent the next half an hour putting these 6 quite sizable portraits on the wall. The place does not open until Monday so we'll await and see what reaction Julie gets then. A very exciting time for Julie as this is the first time her work has been seen in public. I remember the first time I put some art into the public arena, a mixture of sheer excitement and sheer fear in case people were critical of my work. We don't really expect to sell any of these pre completed works, but the plan is to get Julie's name known as someone who can do commissioned animal portraits.
Anyway they'll be there for the whole of November as 'Artist of the Month', so if you are in that part of Wiltshire do pop in.
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