Hi, Baukjen here. Last night Geoff and I attended the private view of Alice Instone’s exhibition: The House of The Fallen Women at Quintessentially Soho in London. Alice Instone is a good friend of mine and a talented artist whose paintings in this exhibition depict various powerful women throughout history, as represented by women today. I was honoured to be one of her sitters, representing Venus and Lady Macbeth (you can see the image of me ... Read More...
Hi, Baukjen here. On Saturday we celebrated our friend’s, Natalie, 40th birthday. Natalie and her husband Mark had chosen Churchill War Rooms as the location for the party. This underground location was used by Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet during World War II. Sara, David and I headed down to the location opposite St. James park dressed in 1940’s attire. When we arrived we saw that absolutely everyone had dressed up and together with the location, ... Read More...
As you may know, Isabella Oliver received a Queens Award this year for International Enterprise. We were and are extremely honored. On Monday we were invited to Buckingham Palace for a reception hosted by the Queen and Prince Philip for companies that had won the Queens Award. During the day the actual award was delivered to us, which we have now proudly displayed in our office. We had already received the Royal award which we have framed and ... Read More...
Hi, Baukjen here. After work last night, we headed down to the house of my friend, Alice Instone, and her husband. She is a fantastic artist whose paintings we love. Recently she painted Vanessa and last night it was my turn to sit for her. She's painting for an exhibition she is doing in 2010 and it was a feast for the eyes to see all the paintings she is working on. While the husbands cooked in ... Read More...
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Today we're off to see some more family members and then later fly back to London to have dinner tomorrow with newly engaged friends. Before leaving Froukje and Andre's house, Froukje and I always go through her home to see all the new ceramics she has made. Over the years I've amassed quite a big collection of her ceramics (gifts she made for our wedding, birthdays, becoming a mum etc etc, They're all very special to me ... Read More...
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