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Silent Auction (Location)

On March 25th, 2011 there will be a Silent auction runing from March 25th till March 27th, held at the Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, during mall hours. More details on the event are listed on the 'Events' page.

Silent Auction (online)

Fundraising for 2011 Please click to see what lovely pieces are being auctioned online.

Below are some artists who donate some lovely peices of art and we would like to thank them for their continuing support.

Lu Jonescu
Biography Lu Jonescu studied various mediums at the Ottawa School of Art before settling on her medium of choice, watercolours, in which she is mainly self-taught. She has enhanced her training in watercolour through a variety of workshops with well-known artists from the United States, including Zoltan Zabo, Barbara Nechis, and Tony Couch. Though watercolour is her focus, Lu also works in acrylic, oils, clay modeling and monoprints. Lu exhibits with the Ottawa Art Association, the Nepean Fine Arts League, the Ottawa Watercolour Society (elected Fellow, 1985), the Kanata Civic Art League, and Art Lending. Lu has had a number of exhibitions; both solo and juried group shows, nationally as well as internationally. Such shows include the Kidney Foundation International Art Festival, "Life and Languages", and the Ottawa Little Theatre Gallery. Avid collectors easily recognize Lu's work. More interested in conveying a mood in her work than by fine detail, she sees each painting as a mere moment in time caught on the edge of definition and dissolve. Her distinctive style has won her numerous awards.
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Neil Blackwell
Biography Neil Blackwell was born in London England, and came to Canada in 1958. As a young boy he won a scholarship to the Slade School of Art at London University. Thus began his career as an artist. Before leaving England Neil did his national service with the British Airborne. His background trade was making pianos, however Neil always continued painting. He decided to make art his full time life’s work in 1975. A versatile artist, Neil is comfortable with a wide range of subject matter. In his earlier days, he painted in a renaissance style of the great masters, and was an accomplished portraitist. However his unique ability to capture wildlife in its natural habitat soon made him one of the most sought-after wildlife artists in North America. Over the years Neil has won numerous awards among which he received first place in the choice award Canadian Wildlife Conservation Show. He was also named Duck’s Unlimited Canada’s prestigious Waterfowl Stamp and Print Artist of the year in 2000, 2004 and for the thrid time out of 987 top Canadian artists for 2010. Neil is also very well known for his work on the Heritage Murals that are found in Pembroke Township. Neil was the first artist to paint one of these now numerous murals and is honoured for his excellent workmanship.
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