Tag Archives: artist

Scotland’s top pandemic super-spreader takes to capital city’s streets (Rousse)

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Dreamaticus

SL was a COVID19 super-spreader. She reached out to hug everyone that we met as we wandered the quiet lockdown streets of Edinburgh. Over the course of our walk, SL told me that the acclaimed artist MO was working with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged artist, covid19, Edinburgh, Edinburrgh International Conference Centre, EICC, lockdown, patchwork, quilt, spreader, super, super-spreader | Leave a comment

Umbrellas for pit bulls, HRT for boyfriends (Belle)

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I was in New York in a downpour. A man on stilts wearing a bright red commissionaire’s uniform was holding an umbrella over a gentleman’s pit bull as they crossed the road. As they got closer to me, I saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apartment, artist, commissionaire, dog, flatmate, gypsy caravan, HRT, New York, painting, Pit bull, rain, red, restaurant, steak, stilts, umbrella, uniform | Leave a comment

Secrets between friends (Rousse)

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Dreamaticus

DJ and AJ had supposedly downsized to a modern house on the mainland. When we visited their new place, however, we found that they were now living in a gorgeous mansion furnished almost entirely with Chinese antiques. We had clearly … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antique, artist, Chinese, France, friend, house, indiscretion, mainland, mansion, night, oil, painting, portrait, present, revelation, secret, TPR, trip, wedding | Leave a comment

Lose 10 stone within 12 months?! (Rousse)

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I estimated that the 10 stone that B planned to lose within twelve months was half her body weight. Given her track record with the scales, I very much doubted that she would ever achieve this, but I kindly kept … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 12 months, amateur, artist, £10, canvas, easel, green, lose, mother, paint, painter, scales, son, stone, year | Leave a comment

Topless David Beckham’s River Tweed tattooist (Rousse)

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Dreamaticus

David Beckham’s tattooist lived with his family on the banks of the River Tweed. I discovered the artist’s identity the day that TPR drove us to the tiny riverside cottage in his new black sports car . I admired the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1970s, artist, black, car, celebrity, Celtic, contact, cottage, David Beckham, design, details, ink, remnant, river, sports, tattoo, tattooist, topless, TPR, tweed | Leave a comment

Off-set with (ugly) Orlando Bloom (Rousse)

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Orlando Bloom was at a loose end with nothing to do, so he eagerly accepted my invitation to while away the afternoon off-set with me. I noted that the actor was shorter than I had imagined, and not terribly handsome … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged actor, artist, beauty, exaggerate, film, handsome, invitation, make-u, man, movie, off-set, Orlando Bloom, role, screen, short, star | Leave a comment

Belle’s beautiful romance

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Dreamaticus

While attending a series of final year shows, I met a handsome young artist. We got along so well, we agreed to spend “exactly 24 hours” together to do “come what may”. It was quickly obvious we were a perfect … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alliteration, artist, donkey, insurance policy, love affair, lover, party, romance, seaside, sheep, sister, student | Leave a comment

Wife swap for ferret (Rousse)

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Hexham was packed with early morning commuters walking to work. It was particularly difficult to get through the narrow gap next to the abbey with so many people fighting to reach their offices on time for a 09:00am start. Once … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abbey, artist, automaton, bank, bill, blue, breakfast, buy, Chester, circus, commuters, companion, dummy, exchange, ferret, fields, gap, Heath Ledger, Hexham, hotel, house, iPhone, JOker, lorries, lorry, mime, office, offices, owner, performers, person, photographs, picture, plastic, pony, public, river, rock, rush hour, shoes, shop, show, shows, slippery, swap, town, TPR, train, turbo, wife | Leave a comment

The most popular artist (Rousse)

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Dreamaticus

My father’s massive oil paintings hung with the rest of the exhibition in the campus gallery. They looked fantastic next to a huge variety of work, which included a beautiful black and white photographic composition by my colleague EF. At … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged artist, bar, campus, colleague, colleagues, crowd source, display, enthusiasm, exhibition, father, gallery, mural, oil, oils, owner, painting, paintings, picture, pictures, popular, sell, success, walls, work photograph | Leave a comment

Where to live in south London (Rousse)

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was looking for a new flat in south London. I needed to track down an expert for the best advice on where to live. I considered the qualifications of my friend ECM. Every day she travelled by train from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged artist, black, creations, expert, high heels, hot pants, live, London, market, qualifications, south, stall, train | Leave a comment