I like the paintings of Jack Vettriano - or rather I like some of them - the erotic ones. When in Edinburgh recently, I went into a shop displaying some of his work in the window. I was hoping to get a copy of "Game On", which is my favourite, but no such luck. It was a limited edition and now sells for thousands. I vacillated over it when it was available for £500, so I'm not going to pay thousands. For one thing I can't afford to. My daughter and myself got chatting to the girl behind the counter and it turned out that she and her boyfriend were the models for that painting (and for several others). I'm not usually impressed by celebrity (I even declined to have my photo taken with Leonard Cohen!) but in a strange way it was quite a thrill to talk to this young woman. In fact it was an unexpected delight.
Posts archive for: October, 2009
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Looking Young, But Not That Young!
@ Tuesday, 13. Oct, 2009 – 08:40:33
Me: That's my daughter.
Gasman: You just come in from school, then?
Her: Not recently.
Me: She's thirty-one!
I think there must be a painting in the attic of her too. I must check.
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Talking About Waxing
@ Monday, 12. Oct, 2009 – 22:10:35
Daughter: They do Brazilian's too.
Me: I didn't know they do those there.
Daughter: Oh, they do them everywhere.
Granddaughter (aged 7): Not in Sainsbury's, they don't!
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