text messages Richard : [Fran]
Sept 9
Fran I'm sure the
pandemic pearls will be
fabulous!! I'll be
starting your new
portrait right after I
finish the little
watercolour I started a
couple of days ago I
have an idea for this
portrait that's quite
different than anything
we've done before
Sending you a double
serving of love & light
and blossoms de jour!!!
[I can't wait to see the
watercolour painting!!
Thank you for the
beautiful blossom de
jour sending you a
double serving of love
and light thank you
so much Richard!!]
email messages Richard : [Fran]
Sept 21
Hi Fran!
So I finished this watercolour last week nearly four
months after I stapled the paper onto the board. That's how
distracted I was editing the old analog slides this summer
Looking back at the infections, bad reactions to antibiotics,
lack of sleep, etc I'm amazed I
didn't have a breakdown, but it was worth the effort
Right now I'm putting together the pages for three
separate books as a supplement to
'Showers of Midnight Stardust'
Last April I wanted to do a watercolour of the
Second Narrows & old CNR railway bridge
as part of the collection I'm doing on bridges
When I went out there to take the photographs
a train
was blocking the tracks and I couldn't get a shot
from the right angle, so I ended up taking shots
around the estuary. Which was alright because
cold, rainy, industrial is right in my wheelhouse
Anyway, it turned out not too bad. I'm thinking of
subtitling it 'Fran and Richard in an Alternate
Reality', to give it a bit of a surrealist edge
What do you think?
Thought you might like to see some of the
'winter wonderland' shots I edited this weekend
Putting together a box set of prints from the
book[s] to send you later in the year
Hoping to start your new portrait this week
sometime. Think Edgar Degas meets
Hieronymus Bosch. The background will be
totally surrealist and I think very compelling
Looking forward to seeing the Pandemic Pearl
shots sometime this autumn! And I think that title
you came up with is fabulous!
Sept 30
[What a beautiful feast for the eyes!!! You capture such
delightful spendour & hearts; thank you for sharing your
incredible work with me, I am so blessed you are in my life!!!
The way you have worked with strength thru everything you've
gone,thru this year has been an absolute inspiration for me
and encouraged me to keep going. Thank you for being you.
How is your Dad doing? You've been in my thoughts
constantly. I love the title you came up with, it's brilliant!
brilliant! Sending soothing autumn vibes and oodles of light
and love!]
journal
8th (Wednesday)
Text from Fran, with a photo that I
promised I would create something special
with (as a portrait). Short chat with
Lani as she was entering, and I was leaving
Shoppers on Davie
9th (Thursday) [Seymour River Estuary]
Exchanging some lovely texts with Fran
this evening
10th (Friday) [Seymour River Estuary]
Enjoyable chat with Rajvir at Ayoub's, who
told me that Gillian was working now at
their Kits store
11th (Saturday) [Seymour River Estuary]
Some banter with Silvia this morning. Clouding
over midday with a light sprinkle of rain
12th (Sunday) [Seymour River Estuary]
U.S. Open tennis this afternoon, won by
Medvedev
13th (Monday) [Seymour River Estuary]
Text from Susan, [...I'm going for eye surgery
tomorrow with the one in a million Brazilian]
14th (Tuesday) [Seymour River Estuary]
15th (Wednesday) [Seymour River Estuary]
Chatting with Susan on the phone. Giving her
on how to impress the Brazilian doctor
16th (Thursday) [Seymour River Estuary]
Hazy grey overcast moving in this afternoon
17th (Friday)
Finished 'Neil Young Waging Heavy
Peace'. Dark, with heavy rain all day
18th (Saturday)
Rain easing up. 'Match Point' this evening
25th (Saturday)
Bought paper for the next portrait at the
DeSerres Store near Renfrew
GALLERY501