Past Life…
Monday, April 5th, 2010A letter by a person from my past.
I just wanted you to know that my wife and I cherish a caricature you did of us together at Cedar Point in the summer of 1986. We were married 6 weeks later and today we have three kids and are still happily married. I always thought your work was exceptional and marvel at how well you captured the two of us in that drawing. Not a single touch of the pen that was off or drawn over. I am looking at it now in my office. I am a commercial photographer and I work with every type of artist in the world. you are good. I looked at your web site and was very impressed with your work once again. Down the road if you get a slow streak and I get some additional funds, I would love to have you do an art piece of our family.
Glad to see you are doing well, thanks for your art!
Scott Bourdon
I thanked Scott personally and I thank him here. I think I stared at his e mail for a good 5 or 10 minutes not knowing how to react. Here was someone I knew for about 10 or 15 minutes during my summer job in 1986. I was suppose to do a face in 3 minutes or less. I was just figuring out how to make caricatures there in my first or four summers at Cedar Point Amusement park. During the slow periods between caricatures at the park, I’d contemplate my future. I wanted to go to LA to make my fortune in gallery art. Five years later, I found myself in New York City. I wasn’t good with directions.
I went to sleep feeling I should have made better decisions as I was going through my present career. I was down on myself for not working harder. The next morning, I wake to Scott’s letter and a flood of memories. Who would have thought this flakey college kid would have a 20 year career in art in New York City. Talk about a mood swing. I guess I wasn’t feeling that down after all.
That 19 year old kid that drew this young couple probably would have responded to all this with “cool!” He was a goof of few words.
