We have no expectations as we have never had a gallery before now. Our primary aim is to provide a venue for local artists to display their works. We are hoping that we will have some idea what we're doing by the Easter Art Exhibition, a recognised tourist event on our calendar. Until then, we really are playing pot luck.
All that changed today. A couple of blokes, Tommy and Tom, wandered in as I was eating lunch. Shortish, baldish, one wearing a hat, both in their sixties. Casually dressed. Good friends, long term I guessed.They asked initially about Sue's Corner Shop. Then they started looking at the gallery. We chatted. I took them out the back to see the workshop and meet Michael. I felt instinctively that they were different, interested in the gallery, interested in the building, interested in what we were trying to achieve.
Tommy had played for Perth Athena soccer club in his youth. Tom was a classic car fanatic. I was enjoying showing them around. On our way back through the unrenovated part of our building, we stopped to chat about the old signs we'd recovered onsite. One of the signs was an advertisement for soft drink cans with a background of the Perth city skyline and the Narrow Bridge, probably set in the early to mid 1970s. Tom was entranced. After some haggling, we agreed on a price.
Michael and I were very excited. But we hit a slight snag. We had no change, so I had to run across to the Beverley Country Kitchen to break a note. They were instrumental in helping us make our first sale. The deal was completed and Tommy and Tom left with their sign. True, we hadn't sold an art piece. But we were cock a hoop, all the same.
Now we're looking forward to our next sale. And I need to photograph our remaining signs!
A photograph similar to the one on the sign we sold.
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