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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

"Destiny has taken a hand"

Charcoal sketch of Bogart in Casablanca:
 
I was inspired to draw this while musing on one of Bogarts lines in this scene "It seems that destiny has taken a hand". This musing was brought about by an incredible stroke of luck, just at a time when I'm wanting to take time away from my regular job to concentrate more on my art and the possibility of getting to a level where I can make some sort of living at it so more materials, the means to make prints, a website and all that stuff is needed. I've been wondering how I can afford this investment when wham! out here there is an annual sweepstake that was drawn last weekend with a top prize of £1500, It had even occured to me that to win that would be a real help, we Falkland Islanders are very keen on the Sweep so there's always a lot of tickets sold but this year I did win the top prize! a lump like that out of the blue is going to be a real help....pure luck of course but just when I needed it most, any other time I would have spent it on a holiday or something or just frittered it away, it's a funny old world.

4 comments:

  1. Tried to post a minute ago and my browser was a bit wonky so I'm reposting just in case it didn't go through.
    Fantastic Ben! Good things come to good people, good Karma.
    Looking forward to seeing your commissioned work.

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  2. Congratulations to all these wonderful works!
    hugs!
    Denise

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  3. Thanks for the kind comments, sorry not to have replied sooner but I've been away from here for a while.

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