Richard Scott : 29th May 2022

Ok,

It’s been one of those weeks where I was very positive Monday to Wednesday and then on Thursday morning my soul was still in bed till the afternoon while my body was wondering around Cape Town. It lasted all the way to Friday evening. Saturday all was back to normal. I think it’s due to finishing the UCT course and not been driven to get results. I also messed up the crate for the Vespa Artwork. That really pissed me off. I should not be learning schoolboy lessons at 53 years young. One of those jobs I should have outsourced. It ended up costing me ½ the price to outsource it.

I needed a haircut this week and didn’t go. That’s how busy I was. I’m thinking of going for a fade. Mid-life crisis. I’ve had a few of those mid-life crises like when I road 3 ABSA Cape Epics. Next week I will chat to you a bit about this bicycle.

Artwork:

Work wise, I spent 4 days going in and out of the Shop in Woodstock, this week, for various reasons from staff meetings to packing art for clients in Germany and Johannesburg. To discussing opening a Richard Scott Gin Bar. Let’s see.

I finished off 3 more works for my Road Sign Exhibition in July at Hout Bay Gallery. Here are some teasers. Next week I’ll tell you the genius behind why I decided to do this series.

So last week I did nothing on my UCT Social Media course until the last minute. I had to cram 12 hrs of studying and homework into Monday morning. Blah. I managed to do it just in time.

I really learnt a lot in the last 8 weeks and I am thinking of doing the 6 Week Crypto Currency Course before I delve into the world of NFT art. I’m definitely sending Angelique on the 9-week Sales Course. The GetSmarter courses are awesome.

Joanne and I cooked together every night this week but they were small meals to snack on. However, today we went a bit bezerk. We cooked Lasagne, Pea and Bacon Soup, Spinach and cheese quiche and I tried to make my Mom’s famous Egg and Bacon pies. Then we cooked another Apple Crumble. Still waiting for all the kids to arrive for lunch and consume it all.

It was my younger sister’s, Angela’s,  birthday on Saturday – she turned 51 and I know her husband, Stuart, spoilt her which my warms my heart.

I struggled the whole week with Wordle. I had to give up 4 times. Very frustrating. Even todays word: BAYOU. Never heard of it.

On Thursday Angelique and I had lunch with Les Sweidan of THE HIGH ROAD Wines. We are working on a co-lab. Watch this space. We had lunch at Pane E Vino in Stellenbosch. Now if you know Pane E Vino then skip to the next paragraph. Pane E Vino is like Magica Roma in Pinelands,.It is owned by George and Elanor Dalla Cia. Its like walking into a friend’s house in Italy. You know the people well and the food is like mamas. George’s dad Gorgio was there. I had the honour of dining with him a few times. Gorgio is famous for creating arguably South Africa’s No.1 blended wine: Meerlust Rubicon. If you ever get to meet him ask him about his Italian Grappa Story and how he ended up in South Africa and finally having his own Grappa Distillery in Stellenbosch. It’s a fascinating and wonderful story.   The Dalla Cia Grappa is second to none.

 

Secondary Market update:

So, the only way to get your prices stable and to increase on the Secondary Market, i.e Auction Market, is to die. Well I’m still very much alive so I decided to not paint on canvas anymore, only as a commission. This tactic of reducing the supply, will push up the demand, right? Well let see. So if you want an original painting on canvas, for example, A Gold Money Tree 100 x 100cm, you need to go to the secondary market and wait until a piece comes up. The challenge for me is to not oversupply either market. COVID didn’t help me or my secondary Sales. COVID stopped the tourists, my number one market (Europeans with EUROS at 17 to 1) and COVID put a lot of people out of work, especially in South Africa, where our government does not have the resources like Germany and the Netherlands where the government paid people 80% of there income, including companies. So, collectors in South African suffering from the three D’s: Divorce, Death and Debt took to selling off their Jewellery, art and 2^nd properties. More next week. I think that’s enough to chew on.

And just like Friday came and the week was over.

Saturday Joanne and I chilled and caught up with house stuff. Ironing and fixing doors etc.

Saturday evening, Joanne and I and her son Dean and his girlfriend Daniella, went to go see Angelina do her dance with Theatre Arts in Observatory. Quite an honour to watch your daughter dance with the best. She did 2 main features and it was a pleasure to watch her and all the other dancers. Proud Dad stuff.

Sunday is here and I’m typing to you. All the food is prepped for the week for the hungry kids and I’m gonna pour myself a Woodstock Brewery pill and watch the Monaco GP. I used to watch all the GP’s back in Alonso’s days. But now I just watch the highlights on Monday morning and or course the Monaco GP.

Ok, see you next week.

Richard