Weeks 4 and 5 were big weeks with the Dream Bus visiting Young for the first POP Tour Exhibition Event in New South Wales and then onto Sydney via Canberra. The highlight of our time in Canberra was meeting with Sonam Dagpo, representative for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to sign the contract for the Dalai Lama Portrait Project. Also present was Tenzin Atisha Secretary Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration who was visiting from Dharamsala (see photo below with Tenzin on the left and Sonam on the right). Work on this portrait will commence next year and we’ll keep you posted. The other highlight was meeting with acclaimed expat Aussie funny man Michael ‘Noodles’ Crameri who flew all the way from the UK to secure one of the limited edition prints of the Tim Winton portrait. In a moment that captured the spirit of what the POP Tour is all about, I signed and delivered the print roadside, Pittwater Road, Manly (see photos below). I’m currently in Sydney working on commissions and the next exhibition event is on this weekend at the Narrabeen Lakes Festival, Berry Reserve. Tashi Delek, Michael
