Aug 05 2008
WEAM Opening
Well, it opened…..
I need to say this loud & clear….. If it weren’t for Catalina and the rest of the wonderful bloggers here, the show would have been very different, not in a good way though.
Janice & I arrive before the opening
Because of the enormous efforts of Catalina and everyone else here putting out the word and gathering sponsors to support me, I was able to mount 43 of my prints in WEAM, the World Erotic Art Museum. I have had a number of one man shows here & there and actually just took down a year long show that graced the walls of the Leather Archives & Museum in Chicago. Now this show was wonderful and all but I was an outsider coming in to show my work, WEAM on the other hand is local, I was written up in the local paper NewTimes Miami and was welcomed by my friends as the show opened. This to me was the pinnacle of my shooting career. All thanks to the perverts here that run the world of sex blogs….. thank you!
Alyssa Loren, my muse during my little demo...
Another wonderful thing Miss Naomi, the owner of WEAM, told my wife Janice, in the three years WEAM has been open, I am the first person to sell anything during an opening! I sold one image off the wall, one limited edition 5×7 Beach Bound, one smaller version of Toe Suck out of my portfolio and 2 copies of the “Worlds Greatest Erotic Art of Today” Vol 1 & 2! My winning images appear in both books my muse Alyssa Loren was in attendance & was able to sign the books with me. Two of my images of her, Ally Bound & Spider Brides appear in Vol 1, A VERY limited edition set of books!
Kilted man with his art...
Here is a link to some pictures taken last night by the museum’s PR person.
So, in closing, I am forever indebted to Catalina and her wonderful crew of friends…….
Special thanks also go to the following:
- Arkady & Melissa for help with hanging the show and just being there
- Bob Harbor who helped set the show up form the inside
- Fritz of Erotic Signature
- To all my models, if not for them we would all be looking at pictures of flowers & landscapes
- Mom & Dad, no Dad, you can’t hold the lights for me at a shoot
- Miss Naomi for WEAM
- Everyone who helped me in way of support & sponsorship
- R.Paul Sardanas who wrote a poem for Succubus
- Pixie of Cuir Bleu for the music during the show
- My beautiful wife Janice, without her, I would be single! and miserable…
- Kate… miss you
August 5th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Lochai!!!!!! I’m so excited about this. Thanks for posting and putting up images from the show (and of yourself, a rarity!) Janice looks beautiful, of course! Congratulations, you deserve it. You are at the top of the best!
Thanks for the photo album of the night - it was almost like I was there!
I adore you - you know that,
xo,
Catalina
August 5th, 2008 at 11:13 am
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August 5th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Congratulations to the man with the naughty eye ;)
Actually, I’m sure he has two naughty eyes, but you get my drift…
August 5th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Congratulations to a true artist(e*)… wishing you only bigger and better successes in the future…
Much love from a long-time admirer
Sapphire x
* optional
August 5th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Congrats!! I wish I could get out there and support you in person!
August 5th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I’m so happy for you Lochai. I wish I could have been there. I appreciate seeing the photos and got a feeling for being there.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Congrats!! That’s quite an accomplishment!
I’d love to travel to SB and check out the museum. I went to the MOSex in NYC last August on a visit and loved it.
August 5th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I am delighted to read about how well your opening went! And hooray for making sales, as well :)
*smooches*
xx Dee
August 5th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I am thrilled you and you friends had a very positive experience at our museum last night. We were honored to have you. Your work is outstanding , your personality is gracious and your friends do you proud.
Bob
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