Hello everyone and apologies for not having posted a blog for a while. I had planned to add some photos from Mum and Dad’s visit, but I’m afraid that is going to have to wait a little longer as I have very exciting news!
I have been working on a project recently with Nick and Freya (a Dutch couple here in St Lucia) and on Friday it all fell into place and came to a conclusion.
Illy’s is a very popular coffee shop in St Lucia that is also known as an art gallery. Mario (the owner) displays paintings on canvas on his walls that have been painted by local artists and sells them to his clients. Nick, Freya and I recently decided that we would have a number of our photographs printed on to canvas and we would approach Mario to see if he would be interested in displaying some of our work as well as the paintings he currently has on the wall.
After weeks of sourcing someone who could produce high quality canvases, deciding on the images we wanted printed and then a few weekends of building frames and stretching the canvases, we were ready to meet with Mario to see if he would display our work. The meeting was set for Monday!
Well Mario’s response was better than we could have hoped. He said he was very impressed with the quality of our work, said he would be happy to give us the whole back wall of his coffee shop to display our work for a few weeks before he renovates the coffee shop and after the renovations he suggested we organise an exhibition evening with champagne and snacks to show off our work. The cherry on the top of it all is that he has decided to limit who can exhibit their work in his shop. He wants 4 painters only, and now 3 photographers too, but that is it! If any other photographer approaches him, he is going to tell them to ask Nick, Freya or me if we will allow them to exhibit. Can you guess what the response is likely to be?! What an awesome meeting and how excited am I!
So on Friday we dedicated the day to hanging our canvases. Check out the photos below to see how it all progressed…
Preparing the wall!
First of all we had to clear the wall of all existing screws and raw plugs!
Watching the first canvases going up...
Nick, being the man amongst us got stuck in with the drill and nails, whilst Freya and I guided and observed from the bottom of the ladder!
The finishing touches!
Nick placing the final canvas!
Three proud photographers...
Part of the finished display...
The wall in its full glory! Love it!
I am so proud and we have had some fabulous comments! Let’s hope we now manage to sell some pieces too!
Posted by Paul Clephane on April 27, 2010 at 9:14 am
Hi Michelle,
Just got the latest blog – that’s excellent news. You are really doing well out there now. The pictures look amazing, as I would expect! The canvas’s on the wall all look fantastic so well done to you, Freya and Nick.
I hope things keep going as you plan. If I wasn’t married I’d love to come and join you out there to help in some way!
Anyway, keep it going and look forward to seeing more piccies and write-up’s.
Take care
Paul xxx
Posted by Richard Porter on April 28, 2010 at 12:17 am
Nice work, must be a scary moment putting your work up on the wall for every one to see!
Starting tours, setting up company’s displaying photographic work – what’s next?
Take care
Richard
Posted by michellelutener on April 28, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Well, I would say next on the agenda are lessons, magazines and photography clubs… What about you?
Cheers
Michelle
Posted by Sarah young on May 17, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Mich, what an amazing achievment!! The photos look stunning!
Not sure it beats the exsperiance of an office life though!! Lol
Sarah
Posted by Lindy on May 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm
That’s great, it looks fantastic!!!