Saturday 13 June 2009 - It was a lovely day, but turned out to be very disappointing. Anoushka joined me to attend the auction at Lacy Scott & Knight included Lot 400, 14:56 The Queen, Cathedral & Maundy Full Moon, all proceeds to go to St Nicholas Hospice. The asking price was £7-10K. The painting struggled to secure £750. It was a most humiliating experience and I would never have allowed a private sale for such a low figure. On the positive side, St Nicholas will receive £750. However, this painting should have gone to a public place and raised at least a few thousand quid for the hospice. I can only say that those who attended the dinner at the cathedral last Saturday did not value my painting nor the cause. It is a shame and a lesson for me to learn.
Friday 19 June 2009 - Dropped into Ixworth Primary School to paint an outline on a wall for the kids to paint in later.
Bought paint from Bury St. Edmund's B&Q for up coming activity with King Edward's students at Cornhill Walk next week. I've wrote to B&Q some weeks ago regarding the frequent purchase and use of B&Q Funky Colour paints I use with school activities. So far no action from B&Q.
Monday 22 June 2009 - First day at Cornhill Walk. All set up and started sketching out 'Roy Keane'. I have The Vision of Paine in Bury....
Tuesday 23 June 2009 - Prepared boards for painting with 6th Form students from King Edward Upper School this coming Thursday and Friday.
Wednesday 24 June 2009 - Prepared boards for tomorrow and continued with Roy....
Sunday 28 June 2009 - Thursday and Friday 6th form students from King Edward VI School came to Cornhill Walk to paint the shop front boards under my supervision. I did not have to do too much as the students applied themselves and easily produced an attractive artwork within the allotted time. The Bury Free Press, East Anglian Times and BBC Radio Suffolk came to report on the activity on Thursday afternoon. Additional students from King Edward's turned up to look around the exhibition as part of their class work studies.
The final result looks like this....
In the meantime, the Roy Keane portrait is coming along.
Monday 29 June 2009 - More students from King Edward VI School visited the exhibition. I continued with Roy Keane though quite a few people thought it looked like Mel Gibson. Bugger.
Wednesday 03 July 2009 - Completed 'Suffolk Crunch Keano Crunch'
Friday 03 July 2009 - This large moth was found at the back of the JJB Sports shop wall.
Sunday 05 July 2009 - I've completed a portrait of Cromwell who apparently was prone to consuming ergot. I did not know this before painting the image, but subsequently find it an interesting detail and include a couple of related links....
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT12.HTM
It's said that Oliver Cromwell's violent tendencies came from eating infected rye bread while he lived in the Fens....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/east/series11/week5_ergot.shtml
Also, completed 'Sugar Town's Sugar Factory'....
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