Spark Plugs at Long Bay Tortola B.V.I.

Great music and lots of dancing. I played guitar for a short time with them then one night I sat behind the female tourist and painted the band. The... more

by Andre Francis

Original - Not For Sale

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

24.000 x 24.000 x 2.000 inches

Title

Spark Plugs at Long Bay Tortola B.V.I.

Artist

Andre Francis

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

Great music and lots of dancing. I played guitar for a short time with them then one night I sat behind the female tourist and painted the band. The painting price was originally $3000.00 U.S. but Alison a music teacher at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School bought some paintings from me and at time her school mate Prince Andrew Duke of York was visiting Tortola. She was elated to see him and just ecstatic that her long time colleague was in Tortola where she worked. She wanted him to also have one of my paintings. As a quick parting gift he shook my hand and was given the painting in haste as he went off to his airplane with his entourage. A bevy of pulchritudinous women if my memory got me right. He was said to be a frequent visitor of Long Bay Beach Resort in Tortola enjoying the sounds of Mr. Elmo Stoutt's Spark Plugs of course and the beach. I do hope he is still looking at my painting and having a giggle at the whole thing. These paintings have special stories and delightful memories. The melancholy matter is that for such a priceless moment I should have received a pecuniary award nevertheless the delight was invaluable. A prince is just like a King... ( Proverbs 22:39)

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November 29th, 2015