Make Model, A Review of My Show, and Bjork

A scan of the Bjork picture I am selling as a limited edition print, the original which is currently on show at the fabulous Roastit Bubbly Jocks restaurant, 450 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, for a limited time only - the owner has very kindly loaned it for the exhibition which is scheduled to finish at the end of June. The prints I am selling of this Bjork are minus the 'paper' which is the dull white colour around the drawing - I've made it a much cleaner final image - so if you're interested people...

http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/eating/eatingdrinking.php
Above is the link to an article written about my exhibition at Roastit's. Tis very complimentary.

Make Model - The lead singer Lewis Gale has left which has left them in a hollow state as he provided a lot of the writing if not all. But they sound stalwart and forward thinking. They've cancelled their Glastonbury and T in the Park gigs which must be pretty gutting. I've just read an article here - http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2203080,00.html which was written back in November 2007 which is full of hope and ideas. So why has Lewis left??

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, it's Go North in Dundee this weekend which is free and full of hopefuls, hopefully good music and industry delegates. http://www.gonorth.biz/ Looks like a fun filled informative weekend. There is also RockNess, http://www.rockness.co.uk/which is not free, further away, but has a fantastic line up. Wonder what I'll do...where I'll stay...

Festival time now, really need to buy a tent - can't rely on the folks' one anymore; I'm a big girl now...However, I really do fancy spending my nights during at least one festival in a yurt/teepee/podpad - they just sound so quirky, fun and ready made!! Luxury! That will of course happen as much as the chance of my ambition to travel first class on a sleeper...

Expo - A Taste of Soep! This Monday 26th May

Official Invite to the Opening of my first wee Glasgow expo -
'A Taste of Soep' 6-9pm Monday 26th May Roastit Bubbly Jocks Restaurant
450 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow. Click on the poster to see more details.

(Yes, if you can print this out on an A5 bit of paper you can bring it along to the restaurant to get 20% off your meal. Offer until the end of June and co-incides with the West End Festival.)

Actually, about 16 years ago, I wrote my own imaginary little newspaper for a school project and the cover story was me standing in the moat house 8 years in the future, as a famous popstar, the title being 'A Taste of Soep'. In the 'photo' (a drawing) I had my hair long, in a french pleat and I was 21. I spent a lot of time on that little paper. Even then I was interested in writing, drawing and music. Well there's evidence of something consistant!!

Anyway, I'm getting a big kick out of having this exhibition in the most splendid Roastit Bubbly Jocks restaurant where a lovely friend treated me to dinner there about a month back and I haven't looked back since! It's a small and intimate unassuming wee place, that's cosy, quirky, friendly and contemporary, the food being served beautifully cooked and presented, not slapped on a plate and dumped in front of you! I had pork belly which is apparently one of their trademark dishes - it was divine! Though it's licenced it's also got a BYOB policy with corkage fee, which adds to the relaxed softly lit atmosphere. They also make every effort to get regional ingredients. The sign outside is in tartan ceramic lettering - I love it!

Having my expo there, is definitely an experiment for both of us.

Will people be able to enjoy the pictures from their table in the soft lighting? Will they want to get up and have a look, bumping into peoples chairs and leaning over tables? What will the expressive watercolour sketches do for the restaurant in comparison to the traditional bold oil paintings of before? I feel I should also dictate what music they should play in the background while the exhibition is on, but seeing as how I don't actually own most hard copies of the music I've drawn, this is a bit too tricky so late in the day; this is definitely an area I need to develop. I have good feelings about it tho'.

There are talks of having a dj at the opening night-we'll see what we can manage.

Anyway, beddy time. Still lots to do, and I've also got tea to make in Tchai-Ovna - my sacred Oubliette.