Weekly updates on what happend in Richard Art life in the last 7 days
Hello,
Ok, let’s try this Blog with some photos. Please let me know if they work for you.
Winter is here to stay now in our home in Melkbos as the fire burns all day long. I go through 5000 pieces of Blue gum wood every winter and were well into the first 1000.
Monday I decided, for some strange reason to make Pickled Cabbage. I added in some chilli sauce I got from the Chinese shop and it was delicious. Joanne and I eat small meals and most nights we make yummy platters of pickles, humus, cheese, olives and occasionally a treat form Giovani’s in Greenpoint with Pickled Octopus, Delmados and grilled artichokes.
Cabbage and onion and green tomatoes in chilli oil, brown vinegar and pickel spice
Tuesday, I got 67% for my second last module on my UCT Social Media Course. It’s because I answered the first question wrong and it was one of those questions that the subsequent questions form part of that answer. Don’t you just hate those questions. Blah…
On Wednesday was another admin day but I enjoyed the fire and rain. Last week I said I would talk a little about the Secondary Market in my career.
Secondary Market update:
In 2011 three of my artworks appeared in an auction house catalogue. I was a bit pissed off because I wanted this only to happen a few years later. But none the less it was an honour to be alongside William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins and Andy Warhol. So, I decided as part of my strategy, way back in 2005, that I would not paint as much anymore once my art appeared in the Secondary Market because I did not want to compete with that market. Essentially, it is amazing to have achieved this status because if I die my art will continue to sell and trade and exchange hands through the secondary market which is linked to a saying by Andy Warhol “The idea is not to live forever, but to create something that will”. Next Sunday I will delve a little deeper and explain further.
As a foot note; one of my prints: Candy Uma sold at Russell Kaplan Auctioneers this week for R30 000. Go figure!
Thursday, I bumped into my friend Dion Bing at my shop in Woodstock and we decided to do a monthly sit down and talk to each other and either Blog it or You Tube it. We are both in the same entrepreneurial space and I think it will be valuable for both of us and aspiring young artists and presenters. News to follow.
On Thursday I put together the Vespa Metal Magnetic piece for the owner of Vespa. Its duco-ed 2mm mild steel and assembled with Neodymium magnets. It is going to Johannesburg to be installed this week. I love it.
My Yellow Joyride – 180 x 120cm, 2mm Mild Steel with Car Duco and Neodymium Magnets.
FOH went in for and MPI this week. If you don’t know what that means here goes: Some of you may not know but I own an Aeroplane. It’s a 2-seater Sling I bought it for Richie some 4 years ago for him to learn to fly in. It’s licence number is FOH and an MPI a service an aircraft must have every 100 hours. So, if you want to become a commercial Pilot, it is cheaper to buy an aeroplane compared to renting one to get the 2000 flying hours needed to get your Commercial Piolets licence. When Richie gets his Instructors Pilots Licence I might go for my Private Pilot’s Licence so I can fly FOH.
Friday, Joanne and I saw the Higgovale house. It’s perfect for us, but it’s on Kloof Neck Road which is quite noisy. So we’re in two minds.
Who wouldn’t want to live here?
Yesterday, Joanne and I went Mushroom foraging in Newlands forest and BINGO! We found a lots of Pine Mushrooms while foraging off the beaten path and enjoyed every minute in the forest. We raced home and cleaned them and cooked them as a topping to a nice Sirloin. The mushrooms tasted a little bit bitter, we not sure why and we need to do some research on how to cook them.
Pine Mushrooms on a log
Our Catch
Today were having a lazy day at home. No kids in the Melkbos mansion. We also made a nice Chicken and Mushroom pie and some 4 Bean soup. We cook so well together. We are both very experimental and push the boudaries of recipes.
Best Chicken pie ever and best bean and bacon soup ever.
Friday and Saturday I had a POP-UP gin bar at my Woodstock shop with some Gems of art from my studio. Only a handful of people rocked up. Angelique, Chad and I are guessing it’s that time of the month when no-one has money and to top it off it did start raining. We all know the locals dont like going out in the rain. This Friday (after payday) we will give it another go. If you couldn’t make it last weekend pop in this coming weekend at my shop in Woodstock which will allow people to come look at and purchase all the Studio Experimental Art that I have produced over the last 20 years which is being made available for the first time. I will email you the
details Wednesday. For those of you like Jean Hermans who dont live in Cape Town email angelique@richardscott.com for images of artwork available.
Until next week
Richard
Monday I woke up, saw Joanne off to work at 6.15am. I lit a fire and got stuck into my banking before the sun even flickered and bit of light over the house. It only starts getting light now at...
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Playing Cards on the couch last Sunday Afternoon. Winters on its way. Monday I was in the studio cutting up the road signs that I used outside the shop in Woodstock. They were slightly damaged after taking them in and...
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