Hello Art
Lovers.
You may remember
that on April 2 of this year a group of ghosts were photographed inside the Urban Paradise
Art Gallery
admiring the works of art inside.
Well it
would seem that our other worldly friends are back and they agreed to sit down
for a friendly chat and photo session.
According
to the eldest ghost, Ajax,
the fantastic pieces of art that are on show at the gallery have achieved fame
around the world.
Ajax claims that while he was haunting a house in Coney
Island, located in New York,
the owners came back with a painting they had purchased from our gallery on the
Gold Coast.
Ajax loved the original Australian art
so much he had to make his way over here on a magic carpet to see all the art
for himself. According to Ajax the carpet was
specially made for Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan who reigned in India from 1251
to 1268. The King was renowned for reviving the Pandyan glory and was considered
one of the greatest conquerors of Southren India.
Ajax claimed he won the carpet in a card game in Brooklyn but
what this priceless carpet would be doing in Brooklyn
is anybody’s guess.
Delphine,
the youngest ghost, was haunting the Château de Versailles or the Palace of Versailles,
a royal chateau
in the Ile-de Francelle region of France. She was
playing practical jokes on the American tourists when she overheard two Australian
artists talking about the Urban
Paradise Art
Gallery. She floated over
to them and saw the beautiful pieces of art from the gallery they had on their
phone cameras. Delphine was so taken by the art that she floated on the first plane
to the Gold Coast to see the art for herself.
She met
up with Ajax at
an April fools party and two hit it off. They plan on getting married this
Halloween in France and taking
up residence in Versailles.
When asked about their age difference Delphine responded, “I don’t care if he
is 107 years older than me, we are in love, like Bogart and Bacall.”
Orville
the third ghost is quiet and keeps to himself. Orville is a tremendous
wrestling fan and travels around the world with the WWE haunting arenas that
they hold there shows in. Orville’s favourite wrestler is ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric
Flair. Whoooooooo shouts Orville in tribute to his all time favourite, “that’s the
way I like to haunt places.” “I come in at shout Whoooooo as loud as I can and
the crowd always responds by shouting Whoooooo back at me.” “It is a lot of
fun.”
Orville
first heard about our gallery from WWE fans who are also lovers of original
Australian art. The art lovers spoke so highly of the Urban Paradise Art Gallery that Orville just had to see the place for himself. He met Ajax
and Delphine at the same April fools party and the three of them came down to
the gallery to see the beautiful art after dark.
They
loved what they saw and decided that they would stay on the Gold Coast for a
while and haunt the gallery.
Well I’m
sure I speak for everybody when I say that we are happy to have them haunt the Urban Paradise
Art Gallery.
So the next time you drop in say hi to Ajax,
Delphine and Orville and maybe you will get a Whooooo in response.
Nullius in verba
Ajax on the far right back, Delphine in
the middle and Orville on left in front.
Delphine
poses for a photo.
Orville
and his favourite painting.
