well done Osso - lovely idea and I look forward to seeing it,
I was sorry to hear about the gallery. Maybe you will have more time to paint then? and take more photos?
The quiet wit is quite Cartier Bresson
I won a prize at my degree show - a purchase prize of a large canvas. That was doubly satisfying as a mature female student. One senior tutor didn't really know how to cope with us and tended to ignore our existence in favour of a favoured 2 or 3 male students. It was a pleasure to point out to him that both I and the 2 runners up were all mature female students