Last night Lee invited me along to an exhibition opening at a local gallery. One of the artists was Helen Calder, an artist that works with paint skins and who has been one of the inspirations behind Lee's work.
When we arrived it felt like we were gate crashing someone else's birthday party. We didn't know anyone else. We had a squeez around the gallery and then stood chatting about the works, all the while keeping an eye out for people that could possibly be Helen Calder. After much cajooling of Lee, I talked to the gallery owner and asked her to introduce us to Helen, which she did!
It was nice to talk to an artist in-real-life. She was very sweet and seemed really flattered when Lee told her about how she uses her as a reference in her own work. Once she heard that she was keen to come along to Lee's end of year exhibition which opens at the end of the month. She had all sorts of advice for Lee too. I was so proud :)
We left shortly afterwards with a little spring in our step.
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