Friday, February 2, 2018

...and we're off!

How did I miss getting in a January blog post? Well, onward and upward, right? Here's what's new!

It's 2018, so I've officially begun my third year (!) of Brushstrokes With Impact (tm) "Paint-a-Thon"s! My first of the year (and 26th of all time, if you're keeping track) was on Saturday, January 27th, just outside of Indrani's at the Tontine Mall in Brunswick. The cause? Brunswick Coastal Rotary's Burundi Mission Hospital and Clean Water Project! I called it "Water Is Life," and what do you know...the painting I created that day shares the same title!


the pop-up show...


...the beginning...


...and the finish! "Water Is Life"!


Indrani herself pulling the winning ticket! 

I'm happy to say that the winner of "Water Is Life" is Dan Catlin! I'm confident he will be giving my work a very good home. Thank you, Dan (and thank you to everyone who stopped by or participated in any way), for your support! Together, we were able to raise $143.50 for this very worthy cause...and it's my understanding that Rotary organizations have a donation-matching program in place, so that total will end up being higher. Yay!

Well, the "Big Game" might be this Sunday, but "SOUPER BOWL III!" is Saturday, February 10th! I'm going to be back in the same wonderful space at the Tontine Mall in Brunswick (HOORAY!) for another "pop-up" show and "Paint-a-Thon"! I will be painting from 9:30am-5:30pm (roughly), and you know the drill  -  it's an 8" x 8" acrylic painting, to be created in 8 hours; raffle tickets for said painting are $5 each or 3 for $10, with 50% of raffle ticket sales and 10% of all art sales excluding magnets going to charity  -  and this month's cause is the Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program's "Backpack Program"! Here's a link to the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/172896409992719/ Stop by if you can! I would love to see your smiling face! 




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