Alban Low - the brilliant artist, performer, editor - and friend to Writers Kingston, and myself, and so so many people in that community, has often drawn portraits of the readers at those events, while they are performing. He then shares these amazing gifts to the poets (some of whom are reading for the first time, and then receive these!) on his site, as he did recently after our Kingston Camarade https://artofjazz.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-kingston-camarade-kingston.html

This led me back to think about how often Alban has done this, and how often he has drawn me performing, and how these portraits have been markers for our work together, and our friendship. Alban is a truly remarkable person, always helping others, generating new projects, giving energy, being present, turning up, delivering. He is someone I deeply admire, fully engaged in his passions, humble in his talent. He’s inspiring to be around. And looking back at the portraits, eight I have found, from over the last number of years, a remarkable set of mementoes. You can also find more on Alban here https://albanlow.wordpress.com/