Exclusive: Portrait of an Interesting Person In Her Office / 3
The stories on the previous pages were first published as email newsletters. They provoked one reader to reply:
“Am enjoying this – what a fun idea. I think I know who it is but I might well be proved wrong!”
To which I instantly replied: “Ah thank you for saying so! I confess I haven’t done an absolutely brilliant job of concealing her identity.”
There was a short pause.
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And then my correspondent came back to me with this:
“Well I think you might well have done as the person I thought it was doesn’t seem to have written any books! I just checked on Amazon. So I’m back to being mystified and intrigued which is what you no doubt intended!”
Well, yes, sort of
I do like creating a bit of mystery to keep people reading.
But honestly I hid the identity of my portrait subject because I’m sharing with you something exclusive. It’s work in progress.
I don’t mind sharing my own work in progress, even or especially when it’s not very impressive, but I’m always aware that if there’s another person involved – well, they may not like it.
All that being said, I sent what I’ve shared with you to the woman herself and at 10.43 this morning Mary Ann Sieghart replied:
“Hi JP. I’m very happy for you to name me.”
How the drawing is progressing
At the time of writing, I’ve not started work on Mary Ann, just the room around her. Like this:
Here’s a bit more detail on the desk area:
PS. I do recommend the podcast featuring Mary Ann
- the one I listened to when I was driving to Wiltshire.
If you’re not driving, you can not only listen but actually watch it too, because it’s on YouTube, here.
Meanwhile, I strongly recommend that you read about Mary Ann and her book, The Authority Gap, here.
And here’s a close-up from her portrait:
