Click on the thumbnail to go to
the full size image My first encounter with
Myhr, in fact wasn't in Nottingham* but on a website, and it
left me rather puzzled. I was downloading a piece of artwork
that seemed to be a V&C portrait...except that it wasn't
Vincent who held Catherine in a possessive embrace, but an
unknown and mischievous looking cat-man. And on the same
webpage was another painting showing the same strange
creature with Vincent, and called "Twins at birth"! I had
only just begun to surf the fandom, I wasn't on any list
yet, and it took me some time to figure it all
out! But when I arrived in
Nottingham, I had finally learned who Jamie-Myhr was
(were?), and knew what to expect. Or at least I thought
so... I didn't get to speak
much with Jamie Murray. I admired his artwork and listened
to his Q&A session, his American accent much easier to
understand for my foreign ear than many of the various
English accents I was confronted with there... That was on Saturday, and
on Sunday morning, as we were about to leave for the visit
of the Caves, Myhr appeared. He was familiar to most people,
but to the "Con virgin" I was he looked... fascinating. Not
only because his make-up is a work of art, but mostly
because when you look at him, it's almost totally impossible
to see Jamie. They're completely different persons. I did my
best not to stare, but I must admit I didn't always
succeed... Marina introduced me to
him, and Angelique took a picture of us together...and he
kindly accepted to do it another time in the evening because
my (***) camera had chosen that particular time to go on
strike! I quite liked that
moment... he has the most delightful way of purring into
your ear... Annik * Masquerades 2000
Convention - Nottingham UK - 2000
