28. Bournemouth - Koi Carp Abundance (Limited Edition Framed Canvas Print)

28. Bournemouth - Koi Carp Abundance  (Limited Edition Framed Canvas Print)

Oil, Acrylic & Love - Framed Canvas Print - £450

30cm x 42cm

Abundance.

The title of this piece is exactly what I manifested in this beautiful town.

I held the Bournemouth event in Boscombe Cliff Gardens, a beautiful little spot surrounded by nature, perched on the cliff overlooking the ocean. In the middle is what I can only describe as a Victorian folly, a circle of pillars that felt incredibly powerful to hold our meditation within.

While scouting for a location, I met a homeless chap called Omar. He was the person who suggested I try this place.

After that, I didn’t see him again until the day before the event, when, completely by chance, I bumped into him in town. I was so grateful to be able to tell him that I’d taken his advice and chosen the gardens for the event. I invited him to come along.

Right at the last minute, he came.

It brought me to tears.

Omar made some beautiful connections that day. I don’t know what happened in the next chapter of his journey, but I really hope that day gave him something and inspired him in some small way.

Throughout this entire tour, people had been telling me I should apply for this fund or that grant to help pay for the tour and exhibition.

But there was a reason I refused.

Your Art Connect had lost all of its funding and was close to shutting its doors. Our directors had burned themselves out applying for funding bids and getting nothing back.

So I made a decision.

I wasn’t going to apply for funding for this tour.

I was going to do it myself. I was going to show the world what I could create, manifest the abundance I needed to complete the exhibition, and trust that eventually someone would see what I was doing and choose to invest in it.

I even had the word ABUNDANCE written on the whiteboard in my van, staring back at me every single day.

Then Bournemouth happened.

After promoting the event, I received a message from a lady inviting me for a cup of tea. She said she had a proposal for me.

Intrigued, of course I went.

She sat me down and told me that she loved what I was doing. She worked with an organisation that funded individuals and artists doing great things in the world.

Then she asked me a very simple question:

“What do you need?”

I told her straight.

I wanted to hold an exhibition in the middle of Shoreditch at my favourite venue, The Bike Shed. I wanted to bring my entire team there, and I didn’t want a penny of the money we’d raised for Your Art Connect to be spent making it happen.

Two days later, she wrote me a cheque for £16,500.

After months of staring at that one word on my whiteboard, abundance had arrived.

Dreams can come true, people.

Keep believing. ✨

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