đź“– 7 Books in 16 languages đź“š including: How To Change The World A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech.
Actually I feel quite sick suddenly
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Sorry, I know it’s COMPLETELY unacceptable to send out a newsletter just 15 minutes after the last one - but the fact is that I’m feeling really nervous right now. ​ I’ve got 24 hours to get all my magnolia pictures together - I keep remembering new ones. Then decide which ones to show at the gallery - private view is TOMORROW - and which ones to leave out. I need to make a list of them all, with prices, and write something about "Me, The Artist”. Then make printed copies of it all to hand out to anyone who comes to the gallery. AND set up a web page so people can look closely at each picture before buying, with purchase buttons and links etc for each picture. And and and...! There are four prints still to collect from the fine art print specialist in East London which means a long Tube journey this afternoon. I’ve run out of picture frames - and the shop I rely on has run out too. (But anyway I wish I had used better frames in the first place, to make the beautiful prints look more beautiful, and it’s too late.) ​ I really want this exhibition to go well and I’m panicking. ​ What have I done? ​ (I’m sending this just to hold myself accountable - and keep myself honest. Not asking you to DO anything. If you do happen to reply, thank you, but I may be burying my head in sand for a bit.) ​ - UPDATE (the next day): I got some really terrific replies to this, thank you for being so kind, and funny, and wise. ​ ​ |
John-Paul Flintoff
đź“– 7 Books in 16 languages đź“š including: How To Change The World A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech.
Did you read yesterday’s email As well as drawing her - in her office in Wiltshire on Sunday - I took photos to use as reference as I continue to work on her portrait. “Her”? The former very senior editor at The Times, author and presenter of various flagship BBC radio programmes. The woman I mentioned in yesterday’s email. I hope you got that email. My intention is to send THIS email, which you’re reading now, only to people who received yesterday’s, and actively opted in to receive more in...
On Sunday I drove from London to Wiltshire. Just after Stonehenge I turned off the A303 and continued for a short distance until I came into a village. (Hello Reader. This is my newsletter.) There was scaffolding on the front of the first house and a cattle grid at the gates. I drove across, then along the driveway. I had come to start work on a new portrait. (I call this series Portraits of Interesting People in their Offices, or Poipitos.) The Interesting Person in question is a woman,...
Today’s date: 25 March 2025 Hello Reader This is the January newsletter for Special Projects members. Thank you for being one. Here’s a drawing of my friends Jo and Steve, at the gallery where I showed my magnolia prints and original paintings in Feb. I asked them to pose in echo of a well known Hockney painting, Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy. Various reasons: I wanted to make a picture while my magnolia pictures were on the gallery walls, as a kind of reminder to myself in years to come of how...