Sunday, May 22, 2011

Peter 087 - Grahame

Graham is nervous.

As Tam watches on gently, Grahame is nervous, staring intently thirty metres or so down the deck of a mid-sized Dutch Barge and oblivious to my presence as he manouvres into a river lock for the first time. The feeling is something akin to driving one's boss's Mercedes into a garage that is only big enough to fit the car if the rear view mirrors are folded flat. Kiwis are made of stern stuff though, and he got there without a scrape, by the end of the first day.

Grahame has done been many things; electrician, builder, shoe designer, forklift maintenance guy, and now: Barge Captain.

3 comments:

Ann said...

Wonderful.I'm realising how much I've learnt from you.

Julie said...

Aw gee ... I wanted your next portrait to be of Tim.

Jane said...

really enjoy your portraits - glad you've overcome the trepidation of asking...