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'MORNING LADIES 30x16 Oil on Board
I wanted to share (with permission), an email I got just recently. It’s the kind I’m sure everyone likes to get.
Dear Hermann,
Aangename kennis!
Today my husband Michael and I took a very rare day off today to enjoy the weather and the Alberta countryside. We desperately needed the break. We had lunch at The Saskatoon Berry Farm, drove out to Black Diamond to get an ice-cream and then wandered across the road and see what master wood craftsmen John Morel and Michael Mulvey had in Blue Rock Gallery. Michael called me over to see a painting –one that moved him. He asked me if I remembered a moment seeing a group of deer together looking at us– I did. It was in Waterton two years ago. I was teaching an art class there and we were returning with friends after dinner to the ranch where we were staying. The scene was very similar.
We discussed your painting as we drove to our favourite spot in Kananaskis via Highway 22X. Although our home was badly damaged in the flood in June (while I was once again teaching in Waterton), we had forgotten that parts of Kananaskis had suffered too. The carnage still evident there distracted us for quite a while. But over dinner tonight, Michael raised your painting again. I had also been thinking about it. He asked me if it was worth the asking price - as an artist and teacher he sought my input. I told him it was definitely produced by a skilled artist and that the painting had a fabulous sense of composition. And yes, indeed, it was a fair price. We decided we were interested in that painting for a number of meaningful personal reasons, so I said I would look you up on the Internet to find out more about you.
Seeing where you come from sealed it! We are both South African but have lived in Calgary for 33 years. This painting captures what we love about Alberta. Please let the gallery know we would like to purchase it.
Regards
Margaret Best
As well as being an accomplished artist and teacher, Margaret illustrates and writes for the Canadian Wildlife Magazine and has just finished her fourth coin for the Royal Canadian Mint. It is something really special when another artist buys your work.
excellence
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