TET.Life (The Extraordinary Tourist Life)

Wake me when Winter is Over Notebook - design by TET Available from RedBubble . When answering the phone the most common thing that anybody says to me (after 'Hello') is 'Oh, did I wake you?' Now I know there are some people who do sleep at 4 o'clock in the afternoon but not me. Sometimes I get 'Did I wake you?' from down the end of a phone line earlier in the day but the afternoon ones are the most disconcerting. I know I don't have the chirpiest (is that even a word?) of voices but 'Did I wake you?' at 4pm is too much. No you didn't wake me, I'm just tired of your interruption. Get to the point of your call.

'The Shortest Story: 20 days' is a painting I've been 'working' on for over a year.  It's based upon the Harry Chapin song of the same name which tells the story of a child born into extreme poverty. It is a very sad story and probably my least favourite Harry Chapin song. However, my partner likes the song and thought I should create an artwork based upon it.  So, towards the end of January 2005 I began work on, what was intended to be a Valentine's Day gift (Feb 14, 2005).  Two Valentine's Days and over a year later, this is where it is at - just over half finished. It's a difficult artwork to get excited about even though I'm happy with how it looks so far.  Obviously I haven't actually been working on it every day. For the most part it's sat in my studio, neglected for the larger part of 2005.  Early February 2006 I managed to progress it to this stage after about a days work but haven't touched it since.  Maybe the song is just t...