The piece we sold for Arlie and Dave Regier Saturday is in the same vein as the one above, which was placed at a Westin Hotel in Orlando, but of course the one we sold is different. Why don’t I have a picture of it? Lazy. Will get one soon. At any rate it was nice to place a significant piece just a few hours after getting off the plane. Needless to say, the seeds for that sale were planted months ago.

Arlie is 74, quiet, considerate, and flat-out crazy about sculpting in stainless. This is probably the greatest passion in his life. And bear in mind, his career didn’t take off until he was 60, when our paths crossed. My point? For all you artists who think you’re over the hill because your career hasn’t clicked yet at 35, 45, or 55–don’t. You’re never done unless YOU personally decide you are. Otherwise a career can click at any time, since art-creation is the province of eternal youth, meaning creative passion never really gets old. In fact the older you get, the more the chips are in your favor, assuming you’ve put in the time.

Consulted this evening on my way home for a law firm in the River Market. They have offices in the new HOK building, HOK being an internationally successful architectural firm. The partners at the law firm love Allan Chow’s work, and already own one of his pieces. They want two more. So I rearranged a few existing works, opened up the walls a bit, then we decided on some potential themes and sizes. Sure I could’ve recommended enormous works for bigger money, but that wasn’t what was needed. Instead I recommended average sizes, since I didn’t see the point in blowing the client’s dough. They appreciated that. Allan will do the preliminary sketches next week.

Nice way to end a Monday.