Richard Scott : 26th June 2022

Hello

Monday I was explaining to a collector in Johannesburg about what a H/C print is that he bought from me. You get the normal signed edition prints and the Artist Proofs and Printer Proof and BAT and H/C, etc etc etc. H/C stands for Hors Commerce which is French for “For Commercial Use”.  These prints are normally unsigned and used at exhibition for promotional purposes and generally not to be sold. Well I sign mine and sell them. Alot of people love my art, so why not.

I also emailed a client in Germany explaining the reason why I spray on my crates and all my shipping parcels. It all started when my biggest client in Belgium Jean Hermans kept on saying the he bought so much art from me that he didn’t know what to do with the crates. So I decided to turn them into art so that he didn’t have to throw them away. He could sell them as art. Here are a few print roll examples.

Cape Town to Dusseldorf and back to Cape Town 

Tuesday was a shop day in Woodstock and Chad and I spent lots of hours watching NFT and crypto currency videos. Its was information overload but, bloody hell, its interesting. I need a degree in the Financial Market just to keep up. I’m super excited to jump in on the race but am still doing all my research. Damian Hirst approaches it the best with his 10 000-edition release of DOT prints. You could opt for the Original or NFT. It went 50/50. But I’m not Damien Hirst! For me, the worlds leading commercial artist after Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami is Damian Hirst.

Tuesday night Joanne and I booked a nice holiday for the kids in Greyton during the school holidays. So I’m looking forward to that as we are both thinking of Greyton as our South African base when we retire.

Wednesday Richi dropped off some new 3D Prints. There selling well.

Wednesday was also an admin and Studio day. Angelique, my PA and sales head came back form a nice break in Thailand. We missed her but she needed a break. Wednesday we caught up and she has taken over the reigns again. She will manage the new relationship with Russel Kaplan and she picked up the ball on numerous client requests. I get most of my client request through email and Instagram. I also completed 5 sets of Dinky paintings on Wednesday. These are the only paintings I do. I also finished off a few pieces for the Road Sign Exhibition at Hout Bay Gallery in July.

Thursday Richie passed his Commercial Pilots Flight Planning Exam. I think it’s 5 of 8 done now. I am super proud of him on his way to reaching his dream. He had to drive to Mossel Bay to rewrite it.

I popped into ORION on Thursday to meet up with the new marketing manager Pauline and pick up the ball with the Orion Art Department post COVID. I was good to see all the students still there and Oompie the manager at the reigns. I help ORION build the Art Department and empower these people to aspire to being normal. Even better they are fully self-sufficient now and generate well over R100 000 per annum for their own cause.

Thursday Afternoon Joanne and I also had lunch at Woodstock Brewery with an old friend Johan. We had chicken strips which were crumbed with Japanese Panko crumbs with onion rings and a house salad. Johan opted for the pulled smoked brisket on mash. It was delicious but the Panko chicken strips with the Jalapeno cheese sauce were the best. Johan and I caught up and Joanne and I are thinking of investing in a Mushroom farm with Johan as mushrooms are fascinating and have many medicinal uses. Johan is very talented in that way. Having a friend like Johan has taught me not to have regrets or hold grudges in life.

Johan, Mahdis, Joanne and me

Friday morning, I decided to go to the Bronze Foundry in Stellenbosch to chat to them about starting the big Richard Scott bronze sculptures. It’s time! I’m also experimenting with a recipe of theirs that turns things into to the most beautiful Ultramarine Blue. News to follow.

Green, Blue, black and me. Nice Contrast.

I also decided to pop via Riebeek Kasteel as Joanne and I left our charger there last week. I picked it up and decided to treat Chad to a nice coffee at Beans About Coffee which brews the best coffee in Riebeek Kasteel. We parked the van and you will never believe who is sitting at a table with a film crew. David Higgs. I couldn’t believe my luck. I shouted, “Is that David Higgs?” to which he replied, “guys you’re in luck as royalty has just arrived Richard Scott”. It was so cool to see my friend again. I met David on the ABSA Cape Epic back in the day and we connected and hit it off. Back before COVID I would never go to Johannesburg without a trip to Marble or Saint, David’s two famous restaurants which are superb. The weirdest thing is that we were born on the say day 14th December.

The 3 so called famous peeps J’Something, D’Something and that artist R’Something

We finished up and headed to Stellenbosch and then back to the shop. Joanne and I decided to stay over at Carpe Diem lodge in Greenpoint as Angelina was dancing in the production Woven at the Artscape. Angelina dancing there is becoming a regular event. I’m super proud as a dad to have my daughter, age 16, dancing on South Africa’s number one stage. Carpe Diem is an amazing 5 star guest house owned by my friend and collector, Daniel Balbach.

Joanne and I checked in with Bianca, Daniel’s girlfriend, they are off to Paris today to celebrate Daniel’s 50th birthday. We then walked down to Mano’s Restaurant for a late lunch. We bumped into so many friends, Harrold Solomon, Kate Duvet, Mark Moolman and another close friend and collector, Harold Hopkin.

Joanne and I enjoying Mano’s famous Chicken Livers and Grilled Calamari

Harold invited us over on Saturday morning to look at doing a piece for a wall on the roof terrace of his apartment in Greenpoint. Harold is the collector that owns the yellow jacuzzi I painted which can be seen on the rooftop of the Warick in Green Point. Joanne and I popped over to meet with Harold and Joanne to conceptualize and finalize the art piece before heading back home to Melkbos. He didn’t offer us any coffee. Harold?

I mentioned that I would talk about a so-called stolen piece of my art. It is one from the Joyride series Called: 70ties Joyride. It was part of the collection I did with Vespa South Africa in 2013. We exhibited the works at all the Vespa branches across the country and sold 16 hand Painted Vespa’s and most of the 20 paintings. We decided to give this piece to a gallery in Balito called Imbizo, owned by Isabel Roos. She sold it and decided not to pay me for it. I took legal action but have only managed to get pennies out of her. So if you know where this piece is or know the owner, tell them this story.

70ties Joyride, 175 x 100cm, Impasto and Acrylic on Canvas

Sunday is a lazy day even though we went for a nice long run on the beach this morning to keep fit.

Richard