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| Autumn Fox, one of his most recent pieces |
Thank you to Aaron Hutchins of Macleans magazine, who got the nod to follow up on Napster's artistic journey.
This article has just been posted to their on-line edition.
You can read it here.
Napster is very very pleased, and grateful, and hopes that this added publicity will help him push his donations fund even higher. This past week, he made a donation to
BEAR WITH US, in Sprucedale, where Mike MacIntosh rescues injured black bears. This was a specific donation towards the rehab of Hope, a desperately ill little bear who is still suffering a form of paralyses in her hind legs. Napster knows what it is to be ill... and he also knows that every little bit can help. When we found an orphaned fawn in our back fields, he was pleased to be able to donate towards her care at the
Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Loon Dancer, signature print for A Wing and a Prayer,
famous for their rescue work with loons. |
While he snuggles on the back of his favourite chair watching the birds at the feeder and the deer on our lawn here at
Bondi Village, these charities that help animals are the ones closest to his heart.
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Skaters. This piece sells in Amsterdam for
Eyes on Animals. |
In addition to his favourite charity,
A Wing and a Prayer, over the past years he has been asked and has been happy to help out a whole list of charities. Both the local Lake of Bays Libraries feature his work, and he fund-raises for them. As he does for both the local Anglican and United churches. The Huntsville branch of the Cancer Society has auctioned his work. The Huntsville Animal Shelter was a big benefitting cause as well. In Guelph, the Wind Dancer Pony Rescues auctions off one of his paintings each year at their PonyPalooza event. He has also made contributions to the Me to We group on their way to Africa a few years back, the local Food Bank fundraiser, and animal shelters in Hamilton and B.C. In addition, one of his works sells as a fundraiser card for the charity
Eyes on Animals, based in Holland and working throughout the EU to improve the conditions of animals being shipped for breeding and slaughter across multiple border crossings.
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Cardinals. He painted this with help (holding the paper
and the paint palette) from Denise Newell and the ladies
here with the Old Salts. |
In short, for being a pretty small player, he has done a tremendous amount of good for a lot of charities. He would very much like to thank Aaron for the article -- and for explaining that the amount in the BlogList referred to single sales. Hard to match those numbers, since he doesn't sell his originals... and likes to keep his prints affordable for all. But still...
And he would very much like to express his purr-fectly best wishes to all those who wrote in on his behalf, and especially the Old Salts Seniors Canoe Club for their devotion to his artwork, to himself, and for putting together that petition. He had no idea you were doing that for him, and he is deeply humbled.
He also has his paws crossed that this will help him to advance his sales, so he can make even more donations in future.
Thanks Aaron, for taking the time to respond to the emails and petition, and to call up to interview Napster for Macleans.
