Stevie Frost, Ged and I hung my show on the Sunday. On the Monday I went back to make a list of the pictures for the office.
I had to wait until 10.30 as a Yoga class was underway in the big hall but by 10.31 I was in there making my list.
Almost immediately I was tapped on the shoulder by a delightful older lady who said ‘I thought that I would be the first.’ I replied to the effect that she was, because I was the Artist. ‘Oh’ she said. ‘They are lovely, so colourful.’
Encouraged by this I launched into some’artist to artist ‘ type talk. It was only after a minute or two that I saw the look of confusion on her face; at which point it became clear that she was the first to arrive, not for my show, but for the 11 o’clock over 55 keep fit class. A bit sad but funny.
