George drawing live

A few snapshots of George at work, drawing caricatures live, from 1991 to 2022. A truly unique character and first class entertainer.

 

Time to Go…

We all hate to see the end of a good thing, but spare a thought for your hard working caricaturist at the end of a booking.

Following a spate of horror stories forwarded to me by colleagues (and having had to deal with similar situations myself), I thought it was time to hi-light the problem of drunk punters at the end of the night. I recently had a colleague close to tears, after a drunk punter confronted him at the end of a performance, demanding to be drawn, then later complained to the client. This lead to the client filing a complaint and making libellous accusations on public forums, which all could have been avoided if all parties concerned had simply observed the following points:

  • Every performance must finish at some (agreed) point and many artists adhere to the timetable in order to make a second booking in good time. Caricaturists will usually shorten the queue in the last 30 minutes, so not to disappoint later arrivals or those who may miss out.
  • Your artist will aim to please the client and often offer flexibility on the day in order to keep people smiling. The last thing they want is a confrontation or complaint, it is their living after all.
  • Your caricaturist will remain professional, polite and sober at all times (unless you have hired a low budget option of course), though some of your guests may not.
  • The later the performance, the more chance there is that some of the guests will become drunk and less patient, especially when having to queue to be drawn or fed. These guests may take their rejection from a queue as rudeness and react with aggression.
  • Remember, any punter who claims they have been “waiting all night” can not possibly have been there longer than the caricaturist.  In 3 hours a good caricaturist will draw through a queue of 40+ people, so most people waiting from the moment of the artist’s arrival will be drawn.
  • It is the client’s responsibility to put forward those who simply HAVE to be drawn, otherwise your caricaturist will do their best to draw all in the queue, no matter who.
  • Not everyone will be drawn, no caricaturist will promise this and in a group of 100 people, maybe 45 will be lucky in an average evening performance. This may lead to a few disgruntled punters, but a lot more happy ones.

As a caricaturist and entertainer I have to regularly deal with drunk, aggressive and violent punters at the end of every performance, despite my having been a roaring success all night and finishing at an agreed time. I always deal with such confrontations in a polite and professional manner, usually leaving smiles behind me. However I should have the right to finish my work in safety and without fear of reprisal or complaint.

With this in mind, I ask all those hiring a caricaturist for their event to spare a thought for the hard working artist, as they pack their pens away at the end of a night and perhaps give them a hand diffusing the punters who missed out on a free drawing that night. Maybe give them the benefit of the doubt the next time a punter moans about not having been drawn.

Its just a bit of fun after all….

Spot On Tips – SURPRISE CARICATURIST!?

Having a party, maybe a wedding reception and decided to hire a caricaturist to entertain guests? Have you spent weeks trawling the internet, contacting artists for examples , prices and references until you decided Spot On George was the best caricaturist for the job? An excellent choice! Why oh why therefore would you keep this a secret or a surprise?

Please, please never keep your entertainment as a surprise for guests, as many will never have met a close up entertainer such as a Magician or Caricaturist and many will turn up, glum faced and ignore the nice gents in suits walking around trying to get their attention. For an entertainer, walking into a cold room full of people who ignore them is soul destroying and it wastes at least the first hour, as I have to explain who I am and what I am doing.

In 23 years of entertaining at functions, the only ones that have failed have been when I was kept secret – at one wedding the Groom even manhandled me towards the door to eject me!!

Hire the BEST caricaturist – Brad Pitt’s caricaturist, Amanda Holden’s caricaturist, Paul O’Grady’s caricaturist, Ant & Dec’s caricaturist, TV Times’ caricaturist and the ONLY live caricaturist in GQ – THEN BOAST ABOUT IT, TELL EVERYONE AND BUILD UP A BUZZZZZZZ!!

Trust me, Spot On George is worth the buzz and it will last for months!

Nottingham caricaturist for hire

Hire Nottingham’s finest event Caricature Artist

Hire a walkabout caricature artist with personality and style. With 27 years experience, ‘Spot On George‘ has a fantastic celebrity client list including Brad Pitt and Amanda Holden, he specialises in weddings and parties, offering mix and mingle entertainment for your guests in Nottingham. George also offers live digital iPad caricatures, for exhibitions, office parties, conferences and corporate events. Hire an industry leader to entertain your guests and clients in Nottinghamshire.

George is an experienced caricature artist for hire in Alverton, Arnold, Attenborough, Babworth, Bagthorpe, Bakersfield, Beauville Newthorpe, Beeston, Bilborough, Bilsthorpe, Bingham, Blythe, Bramcote, Brough, Bulcote, Bulwell, Calverton, Carlton, Caythorpe, Chilwell, Clifton, Clipston, Colston Basset, Colwick Hall, Costock, Cotgrave, Cromwell, Cropwell Butler, Darlton, Dunham, East Bridgford, East Leake, Easthorpe, Edwinstowe, Elton, Farndon, Flintham, Gamston, Gotham, Granby, Greasely, Grove, Gunthorpe, Halam, Halloughton, Harlequin, Haywood Oaks, Hickling, Hockerton, Holbeck, Holme, Hucknall, Kelham House, Kersall, Keyworth, Kingston on Soar, Kinoulton, Kirkby Woodhouse, Knapthorpe, Langar, Langford, Lenton Abbey, Littleborough, Lowdham, Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse, Mapperley, Markham Moor, Meadows, Moorhouse, Morton, Netherfield, New Balderton, Newark on Trent, Newton, Normanton, Norton, Nottingham, Nuthall, Old Basford, Ollerton, Owthorpe, Oxton, Papplewick, Plumtree, Radcliffe on Trent, Radford, Ratcliffe on Soar, Redhill, Rempstone, Retford, Rolleston, Ruddington, Rufford Mill, Saxondale, Scrooby, Sherwood, Sibthorpe, Sneinton, Southwell, Stanford on Soar, Stanton on the Wolds, Stoke Bardolph, Sutton Bonington, Sutton on Trent, Syerston, Thorsby, Thorney, Thorpe, Tiln, Trowell, Underwood, Upton, Watnall, Welham, West Bridgford, Weston, West Markham, Whitemoor, Widmerpool, Wigthorpe, Willoughby on the Wolds, Wollaton, Woodbeck, Woodborough, Worksopp, Wysall and all the towns inbetween.

“Have pens will travel” is George’s motto, he offers nationwide coverage, including caricatures in LeicesterNottinghamLondonBirmingham, BlackpoolDerbyStaffordOxfordNorthampton, Peterborough, Sheffield, Cambridge, Norwich, Luton, CheltenhamGloucester, Bristol, Stoke, LincolnGrantham, Manchester, Liverpool, Brighton, Kent, Dartford, Ipswich, Edinburgh, York, Bournemouth, Chelmsford, Guildford, as well as many other counties and cities. So why book a budget caricaturist when you can book a Spot On Caricaturist?

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Northampton caricaturist for hire

Why hire a local caricaturist when you can hire the BEST caricaturist?

George offers walkabout caricatures for hire in Northamptonshire;

Abignton, Abthorpe, Adstone, Alderton, Armston, Ashby St Ledgers, Ashley, Ashton, Aynho, Badby, Barby, Barnwell, Barton Seagrave, Blisworth, Boothville, Bozeat, Bradden, Brampton Ash, Braunstone, Braybrooke, Brigstock, Brixworth, Broughton, Burtoin Latimer, Byfield, Caldecote, Carlton Purlieus, Castle Ashby, Chadstone, Chapel Brampton, Chapel End, Charlton, Chelveston, Chipping Warden, Clipston, Clopton, Cold Ashby, Collyweston, Corby, Cosgrove, Coton, Cottesbrooke, Cottingham, Creaton, Crick, Crowfield, Daventry, Deanshanger, Deene, Denton, Desborough, Dingley, Drayton, Duddington, Duston, Earls Barton, East Haddon, Eastcote, Ecton Brook, Edgcote, Eydon, Fawsley, Finedon, Foscote, Fotheringhay, Gayton, Geddington, Grafton regis, Great Billing, Great Cransley, Great Oxendon, Grendon, Grimscote, Hackleton, Hardwick, Harleston, Harrington, Hatton Park, Higham Ferrers, Hinton, Holcot, Hollowell, Horton, Hulcote, Irthlingborough, Isham, Kelmarsh, Kettering, Kilsby, Kings Cliffe, Kings Sutton, Kingsthorpe, Knuston, Lamport, Laxton, Litchborough, Lois Weedon, Long Buckby, Lower End, Lower Weedon, Lowick, Maidwell, Marston Trussell, Mawsley, Middleton, Milton Malsor, Moulton, Naseby, Nassington, New Barton, Newnham, Northfield, Nortoft, Old Stratford, Onley, Orton, Oundle, Overstone, Overthorpe, Papley, Pattishall, Paulerspury, Pipewell, Plumpton, Polerpit, Potterspury, Pury End, Puxley, Queens Park, Quinton, Radstone, Raunds, Ravensthorpe, Ringstead, Roade, Rockingham, Rothwell, Rushden, Rushton, Scaldwell, Shotley, Sibertoft, Silverstone, Southwick, Spinney Hill, Stanford on Avon, Stanwick, Stoke Albany, Stowe, Sutton Bassett, Syresham, Sywell, Teeton, The Green, Thornby, Thorpe Malsor, Thrapston, Titchmarsh, Towcester, Twywell, Upper Catesby, Upton, Wakerly, Walgrave, Warmington, Watford, Watford Gap, Weedon, Weldon, Welford, Wellingborough, West Farndon, West Haddon, Weston, Weston Favell, Whitfield, Whittlebury, Wilbarston, Wollaston, Woodford, Wooton, Yardley Gobion, Yardley Hastings, Yarwell Yelvertoft and all villages in between.

“Have pens will travel” is George’s motto, he offers nationwide coverage, including caricatures in LeicesterNottinghamLondonBirminghamDerbyStaffordOxfordNorthampton, Peterborough, Sheffield, Cambridge, Norwich, Luton, CheltenhamGloucester, Bristol, Stoke, LincolnGrantham, Manchester, Liverpool, Brighton, Kent, Dartford, Ipswich, Edinburgh, York, Bournemouth, Chelmsford, Guildford, as well as many other counties and cities. So why book a local caricaturist when you can book a Spot On Caricaturist?

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