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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

The Barber Shaved



 
Portrait by Ilse Hable Taylor
Ilse Hable - Artist

Who shaves the barber? In my case I sort of like having my photograph taken as I let go completely and just sit and wait for instructions from the photographer.

This lovely painting by my friend Austrian-born Ilse Hable is different. A year ago she and her husband (my eldest daughter’s Godfather) Andrew Taylor arrived in Victoria in a cruise ship. They had come from their home in Guadalajara, Mexico.

We met them at the dock and took them to Butchart Gardens a place I had avoided for years. Hable insisted we go and in the end she was right. We all enjoyed ourselves and the garden was spectacular.

Taylor snapped pictures and I was not aware he had taken pictures of me. Or perhaps it was Hable who took the shots. 

Recently she sent me an email with the surprise that she had painted my portrait.
Rosemary and I cannot wait to visit them in Guadalajara, after all I now have a very good excuse.