A Campbell River womanB次元官网网址檚 donation of an original Sybil Andrews painting from her familyB次元官网网址檚 collection fetched the communityB次元官网网址檚 hospice $10,000.

The 1952 painting B次元官网网址楬aulingB次元官网网址� was appraised and sold by the Heffel Gallery in Vancouver, said Louise Daviduck, executive director of the Campbell River Hospice Society.

Campbell River resident Joy Sharpe donated the artwork from her familyB次元官网网址檚 collection to the hospice where she volunteered for many years.

SharpeB次元官网网址檚 late husband Ray purchased the 1952 painting called B次元官网网址楬aulingB次元官网网址� from Andrews when the artist lived in Campbell River.

B次元官网网址淩ay was a lawyer in Campbell River and when his office was getting renovated, he picked up three art pieces from the artistB次元官网网址檚 studio at Willow Point,B次元官网网址� said Sharpe. Back in the day, her husband bought the paintings for $6 each, she said.

Sharpe said that they were very B次元官网网址渇ortunateB次元官网网址� to have owned three of AndrewsB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址渢reasuredB次元官网网址� paintings and that donating one of the paintings to the hospice seemed like a good way to give back to the community.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 very attached to the hospice,B次元官网网址� she said and added, that it was a B次元官网网址渨arm feelingB次元官网网址� for her to part with the art piece for this cause.

B次元官网网址楬aulingB次元官网网址� depicts a logging truck displaying the British-Canadian artistB次元官网网址檚 signature linocut technique.

B次元官网网址淚 thought the painting was a suitable representation of Campbell River,B次元官网网址� said Sharpe referring to the historic logging days of the city.

A long term resident of Campbell River, Sharpe said she has also had the opportunity to interact with Andrews occasionally when the artist and her husband Morgan lived in the community.

Andrews and her husband moved to Canada in 1947 and settled in a cottage in Campbell River where the artist taught art and music until her death in 1992. The city attributed the status of a B次元官网网址楲egacy LandmarkB次元官网网址� to the artistB次元官网网址檚 property in 1997. The Museum at Campbell River also houses over a 100 pieces of Sybil AndrewsB次元官网网址� art works in their collection.

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