After months of build up for my most recent exhibition, the opening has now come and gone and without any hiccups thankfully. For those of you lucky enough to attend I would like to say thank you and it was nice to see some new faces and catch up with some old ones. If any of you would have liked to have come but were unable, don't worry the show will be staying up for another few weeks, and all are welcome.
It is always nice to work with new galleries as it is always a new experience for me. Every gallery works in a completely different way, with Iona House it was nice to see them working as a solid family team. The gallery is run by three sisters all of whom have various strengths and they all have a genuine passion for art and their gallery. They gave a superb warm welcome to all who came through their doors.
What always amazes me at any show is the reaction to my art and which piece will turn a out to be the favorite. I always have in the back of my mind a notion to which picture I consider to be the strongest and most popular. This always turns out to be far from reality with the most popular picture being the one I would have least suspected. It turns out that Kudus are the flavor of the month at the moment with so many of you complementing me on my new kudu study 'The magnificent seven'.
Anyone who came along on Saturday will appreciate that there is nothing like going to an exhibition and seeing at first hand the original pictures of your favorite artists with a nice glass of bubbly in your hand. It is a shame that in this age of technology so many decide that art can be viewed of an evening from an armchair on the internet. I cannot be over critical of this as I am expecting you to read what I have written here today. All I can do is encourage those of you who are contemplating a future trip to an exhibition to take the plunge. Whether it be to one of my shows, another artist or even the national gallery, I promise you that you will be more than rewarded with the opportunity of viewing original artwork up close.
I suppose it is now time for me to catch up on a few of those commissions and to start a new collection of work for my next exhibition.
Speak to you soon,

David