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Dwight Saves the Day!
Disaster struck this morning. The originally scheduled model had massive car trouble on the way over. Panic-stricken, I called several models knowing that finding a model for the next seven hours was a long shot. But I had been looking forward to painting from life all week and to abandon the day was too painful to accept. So I persevered. I called Dwight, who - sort of like Superman - immediately ducked into a phone booth, took off all his clothes, and rushed over to salvage the session. We were relieved and excited and it showed in the work. Many thanks to Dwight. Wanna hear something weird? Earlier in the week, Dwight said he was going to call me in case I ever had a model not show as he lives close by now. Wanna hear something even more weird? As we waited on Dwight to come over, Steve came up with that idea to put him in a pose similar to the statue The Dying Gaul. When we told Dwight our idea, he informed us that he had ordered a replica of The Dying Gaul just this week to put in his house and he had it with him. After the session, we asked Dwight to give us stock tips... Reminder - The Cedars Grand Opening is Friday. See previous post for details. Jame Ross:
Steve Armes (in progress):
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You're very kind, and very,
You're very kind, and very, very funny. I got the info about Friday evening, so I'll plan to be there unless "Mrs. Sandell" (and I don't mean my mom) has other plans. If I bring with me a list of the companies in which I'm invested, and if everyone would buy about a billion dollars of stock of each company come Monday morning, it would make me very, VERY happy.
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Dwight