Jacky Pearson Painting Auction - Fundraiser for te Omanga Hospice
Jacky Pearson has painted this gorgeous moody view of a light southerly at Petone Beach and has kindly offered it as trademe fundraiser auction for te Omanga Hospice. The painting has been beautifully framed in white (see bottom right of the last photograph). If you're around Petone this weekend, come in and check the painting out, and then you can decide to bid on it if you like it, this could be a best ever opportunity to score an original JP painting. The painting is hanging as part of her solo exhibition now on at Artspace Gallery right on the Petone Foreshore which is on until Sunday 21 November,
The painting is being auctions on Trademe and current price (sat Morning) is only $425.
Dimensions in mm - Actual painting 540 x 310, Framed size 720 x 510
www.trademe.co.nz...
Alfred Memelink Artspace Gallery - 223 The Esplanade Petone
open Tuesday to Sunday 10.30 - 4pm
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There are some really awful people around at the moment. This is what happened on Sunday.
We live in Hinemoa Street opposite the Waiwhetu Stream. At around 3.40 in the afternoon I was looking out my window and saw a car pull up and start to feed the geese and ducks out the window. Then The passenger an asian man jumped out and threw himself onto a goose. he picked it up and put it the boot of the car.
I immediately ran over and stood in front of his car to stop him moving I also called my husband to help. A lovely man was riding his bike and saw it and stopped to help me. The driver tried to drive into me but I didnt move. He tried telling us it was his pet. These are wild geese.
They had a cage in the boot and some wire all ready to catch the poor bird like they have done it before. My husband took the bird from the car and released it. I then moved out of the way and after lots of abuse from the driver they drove off threatening to come back and get more.
No one should be allowed to take these beautiful birds and certainly not like this. they are all starting to have wee babies at the moment the whole thing was so upsetting to me. Another neighbour further down the road also saw it all happen.
Please keep a look out for this car and if you see them by the stream go over and watch them lets all stop this happening.