Jessica

By Paul D Robertson

Pastels, 65 x 38 cms.

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Hah, well. When I first started painting, (as a vocation and not a student) I happened to meet this woman; Jessica. I took some shots of her and did htis piece for $300.00, I think. I don't mind that it was so little, not really. I was only a baby artist and had no idea what I could do yet. This was a cool experiment and it taught me a lot even though I didn't get paid much. She was nice and she lived in an enourmous house.

This has happened to me since. Last year I ended up sitting in a mansion with a couple (BMW and an MX4 in the driveway) and they haggled with me until I reached the absolute lowest I would go. The odd thing is that it tends to be only the richest people who do this. Obviously, it may be why they are rich.

In retrospect, I think she may well have been trying to seduce me, but I am not really very sure, as at this stage, I still had only just sobered up from my years of drinking and had no idea about women at all. The lamp looks cool, huh?