So, back to Monday night.
Dinner was a farewell affair to our first Masters degree holder (with distinction), Ms. Lauren McKay, who has now jetted off for a new life as a teaching assistant in Vienna. That's Vienna. With Distinction!
Goodbye gift-giving was handled by T1, whilst T2 was in charge of the speech. Highlight was probably when he congratulated her on 'her retirement to Asia'.
Having then raced the boys to Cubs, husband and I went knocking on doors in the nearby village of Carronbridge. Why? I was searching for an artist, and a friend had given me a hot tip, though not entirely reliable directions.
But good golly, did we find one! All the images in this post are the work of watercolourist Victor Henderson.
There's a 2-day exhibition featuring his paintings this very weekend, at Ferndale Studio in Durisdeer. Details here: http://www.ferndalestudio.co.uk/events.html
I was incredibly taken with his work, and in one of those rare and lucky moments, very taken with Mr Henderson himself. One of those people you know when you meet them is just... decent. A good guy. The kind, in fact, that would open his door to two complete, bedraggled strangers (it was raining by then) one of whom is wittering nonsense about poetry pamphlets, and then invite them to look around his house and studio to see his work.
Upshot: works of art to lust after, and images that I am going to use in my new pamphlet. Launching at Wigtown Book Festival next Friday. Going to be a busy weekend
Here's Victor's website; do go browsing. He's got some beautiful works. http://www.victorhendersonwatercolours.com/index.php
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