University of Kent

Its been a pretty frantic week. Creating work to hang in my first show outside of Kent has been challenging when my mind has been on other things. The printer didn’t get hold of all my acrylic photographs on time. His supplier kept on sending scratched images that wouldn’t cut the mustard. This certainly didn’t help stress levels. Once I had made everything I could I then had to pack it up – no mean feat. I got through yards of bubble wrap. The children were desperate to roll all over it so it turned into a minor battle! We loaded up the car yesterday morning and headed off to London. The traffic was dreadful but being late wasn’t a problem as the previous occupants were still in the gallery – great! After a hot chocolate from across the road we set about unloading the cars; much to the delight of the bus drivers. I had a little show and tell session with the other artists exhibiting in the show. We slowly unwrapped key pieces and everyone said all the right things about each other’s work. Kim was particularly complimentary about my work and the feeling was definitely mutual. We discussed pricing and I told her that I was thinking of