Unexpected missive from a Private Eye cartoonist

Yesterday, I was working from home and minding my own business, when an unexpected, unsolicited and rather lovely email popped into my inbox. It was from Neil Kerber, one of the UK’s leading cartoonists whose drawings can regularly be seen in Private Eye, Daily Mirror and Vogue.
 
He said “Dear Sophie… I draw interesting people, so I drew you, and thought you might like to see it.”
 
I wrote back to him straightaway to thank him for his interest and, out of curiosity, to ask him how he had found me. Being in PR, one likes to know that one’s own marketing is working.
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He said that he had found me on Twitter and had been inspired to draw me in the style of his infamous Polly Bean character, who has graced the pages of Private Eye for more than twenty years and features on the Vogue website.
 
I can’t help but be flattered although slightly baffled by his attention; Kerber has sold originals of his cartoons to Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman, Charles Saatchi and other collectors and fans.
 
I thanked Neil for the picture and told him about my alternative life as a gallery Curatrix, having put on art exhibitions for the Venice Biennale and now being the proprietor of a small fine art gallery in my own home. I hope that he  might choose to exhibit his work in one of my shows. 
 
In the meantime, I  liked Kerber's direct and personal sales technique and shall consider buying his sketch of me (which is based on the picture featured on this page) below.
 
What do you think, readers?