Last week I performed at a fundraiser for the Honda Foundation and had the pleasure of performing alongside Australia’s greatest jazz musician and television personality James Morrison. James along with his band and singer Emma Pask brought some sweet jazz to life as I painted Marilyn Munroe and Audrey Hepburn.
Just under 30 years ago a young boy went with his soccer team to the iconic Sydney Town Hall (such a beautiful old building) and under the bright lights watched in awe as a magician worked his magic on the crowd.
The magician had a bunch of steel rings that he couldn’t separate and picked the young boy out of the 500 people at the event and called him up onto the stage. Under the bright lights, the young boy tried his hardest to separate the rings without success and then had his first taste of showmanship as he became the magicians ‘assistant’ for the remainder of the show.
I hadn’t been on the stage of this magnificant old building since this date, so it was a pleasure to perform there.
