On Friday 18th September I went to meet Ben Elliot at his new venture called The House of St. Barnabas. This is a simply beautiful house on the corner of Soho Square. I was walking across the square and spotted Ben having a break...he guided me straight over and through the doors. The house is dignifed and elegant and through the vision and leadership of Ben Elliot has been transformed. Ben has persuaded suppliers to put in the time and effort to rebuild the house and he has arranged for it to become a pop-up club for at least the next three months. Farrow and ball and others have given their time and expertise for free.
ART CLASSES AT THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS
We arranged to meet about something else but by the end of our meeting I had offered to help with donating my time to give free art courses to the Quintessentially members as well as the new members of the pop-up club. All profits go to the St. Barnabas House homeless project and also the Quintessentially foundation. I will do this once a week and you are all most welcome to come and join the classes... I am also going to help them with their publicity.
After meeting Thyra October who was working in Soho and with her popping into the sumptious new Anglo Russian venture called Bob Bob Ricard where we enjoyed the most wonderful champagne with owner Leonid Shutov it was time to move on to The London Art fair in the afternoon was a lovely opportunity to see all the galleries under the roof of the Royal College of Art - Ivan Hitchens seemed to be the most popular and it was good to see some James Morrison paintings of the highlands....still so fresh in my mind from the recent adventures there. I met up with the African Tribal art dealer and gorilla breeder, Paulie Raad. Paulie bought a rather interesting portrait to add to his collection.
ART CLASSES AT THE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS
We arranged to meet about something else but by the end of our meeting I had offered to help with donating my time to give free art courses to the Quintessentially members as well as the new members of the pop-up club. All profits go to the St. Barnabas House homeless project and also the Quintessentially foundation. I will do this once a week and you are all most welcome to come and join the classes... I am also going to help them with their publicity.
After meeting Thyra October who was working in Soho and with her popping into the sumptious new Anglo Russian venture called Bob Bob Ricard where we enjoyed the most wonderful champagne with owner Leonid Shutov it was time to move on to The London Art fair in the afternoon was a lovely opportunity to see all the galleries under the roof of the Royal College of Art - Ivan Hitchens seemed to be the most popular and it was good to see some James Morrison paintings of the highlands....still so fresh in my mind from the recent adventures there. I met up with the African Tribal art dealer and gorilla breeder, Paulie Raad. Paulie bought a rather interesting portrait to add to his collection.