Sorry mate wasn't being pi55y, i will post some reactions once i can get my head round it all tbh. Show runs for a while yet if you are able to make it

Good luck in the search

These were all £101 to buy???

Well said hlarmy, most of all that I was thinking you've covered above... Awesome show! Nailed it! Vermin and Mike must to buzzin right now! Top draw, a must to go and see if you ask me! Got to be my show of 2010 for me :-)

Any comments on the little book that was available ?

I picked this up to have a 'flick through' very quickly became apparent I needed to sit down and give it my full attention. A book that came straight from the heart if you like that sort of thing.

Someone told something I said online was in the book,suffice to say I was too. engrossed to notice.

A must buy if you are a fan

shut it curiousgeorge and post a pic of what you picked up last night... ;D

now your talking

I think 25% of it was sold before the show started.

Congrats to Dale and Mike for putting on a great show last night - all the pieces looked great together, and the scramble at the start for them was something else!

Managed to get one of the pieces that me and the wife had hoped for, so was well chuffed.

Looking forward to popping in to take a look at the show on the way home in the week, when its a bit calmer.

Sold out I think Walshy.

25% of the canvases were shown as NFS when the show opened. Not sure what the story is with these Walshy. Mind you it was supposed to be "first come first served" as well!

Well i had PDF sent but was not able to pre order, maybe some did but i couldnt say. It did state on the accompanying email that some which were indicated were NFS at the show, dont know the reason for that though. Still like i said, was a good night for meeting friends.

Was gonna say someone must have some images to upload

ok so i woke up at 7 30 with the biggist hangover, no way could i walk to the station to get a train, driving was gonna be quicker, i had another hours sleep and was there at 11am, i wanted to make sure i would get my two faves and have been waiting for this show for months. my legs were killing but i was still standing and getting excited by the small glances of when the door was opened. It looked so much better then the pdf, these pieces can only be viewed in person to experience the real textures and quality of the oils.

I queued with buffin and was fun just to chat about art etc. Got to chat with Dale and what a nice guy he is.

some more guys joined at around 3pm and we had some good laughs, a funny incident involving a alcoholic demanding for alcohol and showing his disgustingly cut hand.

At about 4 i heard that around 20% had been reserved, i was a bit anxious whether i would end up getting any of my favs, i only knew of four numbers i wanted and i knew they were the popular ones. I knew of others but i knew i would need about 5 mins to decide which ones i wanted.

my legs were getting worse and worse but it was getting closer but the minutes slower, i havnt been so excitied over a show in a long time.

6:30 came and i feared how the buying was going to work, nothing was explained and the doors opened, I went in and everyone behind just sprinted, jumped and trampled in. I went to the first lady to ask to buy my first number and she said sorry im only doing numbers xx up to xx. so there were 3 people dealing with ranged of numbers. my canvasses were in different ranges and after going to the first lady i had to go to the other guy where there was already a queue building up. i was panicking big time and felt a bit angry as i queued from 11am. so i pushed to the front and explained, 1 guy already getting his if he was to pick my number i would of told him where to go but he didnt....so luckily i got my first choice! and then only 1 of my other choices was available (all of my other ones reserved, funny). so i managed to get 2 of my favs!

im NOT blaiming art el or anyone, everyone worked hard and dealing with this wouldnt of been easy, and for a change it didnt feel like the people at the gallery working was only interested in making money. the best way i think this would of been to give out numbered tickets to the queue. let everyone in to the show, give 5 mins for everyone to pick their canvasses and then go through tickets selling to people 1 at a time, that wouldve been the fairest way...but nevermind.

also got the signed book which is so much better then what i was expecting, i expected a zine but got this bounded book with images, clippings, stories etc.

after once the panic was over I walked round experiencing the pieces, installations etc. Every piece had its meaning, a thought, something so powerful - no two the same! Dale is incredibly talented and these pieces were amazing.

Dale had really let us into his heart, this show was on such a personal level it felt emotional (i hadnt even been drinking, not after the night before anyway) , not really felt this way about a show before.

I want to give Dale a massive thank you for the show, all the hard work has paid off, and Mike you are one of the nicest guy out there, thank you for helping me and this was definitely the best show of the year.

I drove home and fell asleep.

10/10