Saturday, December 14, 2013

The Meeting With Cecile, The Artiste

Well I was in Nantes and kept seeing posters of a blue Van Goghesque interior.  Finally
I stopped, noted the address and headed over to the IBM Building to see what was
going on.  I had no trouble getting in and into the gallery.  I looked around at the
amazing works on the walls.  After about three minutes in walked an attractive young
lady who proceeded to ask me if I was there to interview her.  She was there for that
purpose, but I was there for the art.  So I asked if it was for sale.  She said I could come
back in two days for the "vernissage" or opening.  Only problem was that I had to catch
a train the next day.  Pas de probleme!

In that case can I purchase a painting?  By the way, I'm Billy.  Je suis Cecile
Veilhan Duchene.  We shook hands.  I turned to the wall and pointed and said
I'll take that one, that one and that one.  Cecile almost fell to the ground.  It was her
very first art show.  The show hadn't even begun.  She just sold three acrylics.  Wow!!!

We made our way to a bank so I could get some Francs, and when we got to her
house we opened a bottle of Champagne.  This was a celebration.  I had acquired
three brilliantly colored acrylics resembling Van Gogh's work, and she got a surprise
jumpstart on a very fruitful career as a painter.  She has sold out of works in most of
her shows ever since and exposes in Paris.  Her next place to expose is the USA.
You are welcome Cecile!!!

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