“You
entirely changed our lives you know.” The words of my customer
took me by surprise. She went on to explain that over a year ago she
and her husband had bought a copy of my print “Waiting for the Next
Leaf to Fall”. At the time I'd explained that the scene I had
painted was of autumnal trees behind Harbottle Castle, near a kink in
the River Coquet, known as “The Devil's Elbow”. So after leaving
the gallery, they had immediately gone to see the place for
themselves and enjoyed a wonderful walk.
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Waiting for the Next Leaf to Fall |
Once
home, my print was hung in their sitting room and often when they
looked at it, they said to one another “What are we doing living
and working here, when really we want to be back home in
Northumberland?” This year they decided to do something about
making their dream a reality. The wife has already taken early
retirement and the husband is in the process of doing the same. They
are currently up here on a house hunting trip... looking at houses
for sale in Harbottle, Hepple and Rothbury.
It's
funny how a whole chain of events can take place on the strength of a
few words........ And that you might never know that you had provided the catalyst to change someone else's life.
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