Eu și Daniela am fost invitați să desenăm împreună la o nuntă fastuoasă în Conacul Snagov, unde am distrat invitații între cursuri de mâncare și cântăreți de operă. Eram atât de mândru că sunt alături de soția mea și aștept cu nerăbdare multe alte nunți împreună în România.
This year saw the first CaricatuRo convention in Bucharest, organised by the Chibrits, to raise the profile of caricatures in Romania. I attended with my wife Daniela Balan and a handful of local artists, who were treated to such international speakers as Jan Op De Beeck, Jota Leal, Bernd Weidenauer and Manny Avetysian.
I was proud to be one of four guest speakers at this year’s Eurocature convention in Vienna, the others being Joe Bluhm, Denis Lopatin and Bernd Weidenauer, where I gave a 95 minute talk on the benefits of being the bad guy: BORN BAD. I was honoured to follow in the steps of great caricaturists such as Sebastian Kruger, Jason Seiler, Paul Moyse, Jan Op De Beeck, to name a few.
It was a five day international convention, attended by over 35 fellow professional caricaturists, who gather once a year to learn new skills and share knowledge of this great art form. I was the only British caricaturist in attendance, with artists from Germany, Vienna, Belgium, France and the USA, making the happy throng.
