Harbour Market at Elmina II

There is great excitement and much tail wagging in studio Anne Blankson-Hemans as I write this blog.  Many of you will have followed my metamorphic journey as I made the decision to transform myself  into a full time painter/artist. The journey has not been easy, but then I didn’t really expect that it would.

However, I have a piece of very fantastic news!. In December, my dear Lorraine brought to my attention that the new series of BBC2’s  Show Me The Monet was due to go out in the spring and they were looking for artist applications. After much deliberation, cogitation and digestion mostly with my best friend and muse Seiwa we decided on Harbour Market at Elmina II.

I have to say, 3000 applications were required and the website was to be opened precisely at 9am on 12th December to close at midnight on 8th January or as soon as 3000 applications were received.

So my alarm was set accordingly and at the appointed time, I took my ring side position in front of my computer only to find the site had crashed due to the volume of applications going through at the time. Fortunately I was able to submit my application followed by my usual prayer upwards.

Last night I received the call from the producers; congratulations, you have made it to the first stage. Wow, wow and double wow!! I am not sure I remember much of the conversation which took all of 15 minutes, I do remember babbling on rather a bit so sorry Kay Green but you have to understand I don’t get phone calls like this every day.

My excitement knows no bounds at the moment.  I have just taken another phone call this morning from the producers to attend a meeting at the Custard Factory in Birmingham on Thursday morning. Thankfully they have sent an email confirmation because the level of excitement I am feeling right now seems to have obliterated my capacity to retain anything in memory.

So as usual I offer my prayer of thanks upwards to a God who continues to show me grace and mercy. I will be blogging the journey… step on this train with me my friends.