Bailey's Charity Believe Ball

Saturday the 29th of September and it was the day of the believe ball, me and the wife set off for the two hour drive and arrived at the very grand Luton Hoo Hotel just after 3pm just enough time to have a relax before the event started at 6:30pm

 

Luton Hoo Hotel

                                                                   Interior Stair case

 

 

Bailey arriving at his ball in style

 

 

We arrived for drinks and met up with friend and framer/printer and all round great guy Richard Heath and his wife Karen,  we had pre meal drinks with Adam Woodyatt and his family and was finally called in for our meal we had the absolute honour to sit with Baileys Dad and Step Mum Chris and Suzy, they told us about Bailey in more detail and moved both my wife and I and more than one occasion of the night had to hold back the tears.

 

 

 

Then came the Auction,  there were 15 lots in total these included some AMAZING prizes including signed Elton John Memorabillia, Westend Theatre Tickets and stay in a luxury hotel, signed Joe Calzaghe boxing gloves, Band & Olufsen sound system signed by Gary Barlow and football shirt and boots signed by Theo Walcott and Wayne Rooney from the England vs Holland game.

 

 

A lot of money was raised on the night and i was so honoured and delighted when my painting raised the most money out of all the auctioned items.

 

 

 

Me and Shona Mcgarthy AKA Eastenders actress Whitney Dean

with my charity donated painting "Allsorts of Reflections"

 

We were then treated to Shane Richie performing with his band The Prelude

 

 

They were nothing short of amazing and had everyone dancing and it was great to chat with him after

 

 

Me and Shane Ritchie

 

Then came the Raffle including the SUPER raffle with a brilliant prize of a conservatory worth £5,000 we all held are breath with anticipation when Richards hand raised in the air and Karen yelled out.....They had won!! I couldn't believe it but we were soon laughing when Richard revealed he lived in a flat!

 

Me with Eastenders Actor Adam Wodyatt

 

A big thank you must be given to two amazing people firstly the organiser Denise , and secondly Adam (Above) who put in so much effort and help for the event including asking myself to donate a painting.

 

In Total on the night we raised over £11,000!!

 

www.baileysarwa.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Liverpool FC and Bailey Charities

September has been a crazily busy month for me not only do i need to get more gallery work done but also have a few commissions to complete. this has also had to be balanced with two charity events.

The first of the charity events was a commissioned Painting by Liverpool FC this was suggested nearly 6 months ago and alot of planning and preparation has been needed to make this happen.

I was surprised when i found out that the organiser of the charity event was a guy who works for Liverpool FC called Chris Morgan, a name i knew i wouldn't forget.

And so discussions started as to what to paint, i personally wanted to paint something with more detail and something that would challenge me artistically but Chris wanted the clubs iconic Liverbird painted as he felt this would be simple but very affective for the fans of the team.

I painted the Liverbird in a dark Indian red and built around shades of black, dark reds, yellows and whites to create a glowing affect around the bird also giving enough space for the signatures.

Once painted i needed a frame and i decided to approach the gallery/framers who frame my commissioned works, and kindly they offered to donate the frame for the piece which was a very kind gesture as a frame of this nature and size would cost around £150 so a massive thank you to http://www.theoriginalartshop.net/

I then had to store the painting awaiting the go ahead by Chris when all the team are available and finally after months of discussions Tuesday 18th September was decided as the date for signing

I arrived at the Melwood training ground at 7:30 am met Chris who then set me up in the teams dining room and all the players were informed that i would be there.

The first to sign the painting was the teams manager Brendan Rogers who was a lovely chap and very complimentary about my work. Then as the morning went on all the players came flooding in to chat and sign my piece.

Below are a select few images of the day.

Goal Keeper  - Pepe Reina

 

Midfielder  - Joe Cole

Defender - Jamie Carragher

Me and Stevie G

And the completed Signed Commissioned Charity Liverpool FC piece

30" x 30"

Oil on panel

Framed in a thick high gloss black moulding

 

ALL money raised from this one off signed Liverpool collectors item will go to the Christies

 

For those of you who don't know a VERY close family friend is suffering from terminal cancer and hasn't been given very long, I have vowed to try and raise as much money as i can for the organisations who have looked after her and so all the money from this piece once auctioned will be donated to the Christie's cancer hospital.

Love you Aunty Jayne x

 

I was also approached about three months ago by Eastenders Actor Adam Woodyatt who asked if i would be willing to donate a painting for the Believe Ball a charity event to raise money for this incredibly brave boy called Bailey Sarwa who has suffered with cancer since he was just 4 years old!

http://www.baileysarwa.co.uk/

 

Of course i wanted to help out where i could so i have worked night and day to complete a painting in half the time that i usually would to finish it ready for the auction of the ball on the 29th of this month at the Luton Hoo hotel.

 

This will be auctioned alongside some other AMAZING items including donations from Gary Barlow, Elton John, and Joe Calzaghe

 

And here is the completed donated Painting

 

 

"Allsorts of reflections"

28" x 33"

Oil on wooden panel

Donated to Charity

 

 

 

And here's me with the finished framed painting  - a massive thank you to the guys at Regent framing in Leamington Spa for donating and fitting this lovely frame.

 

Please Visit  - http://www.regentframing.co.uk/index.html

 

Lets hope that both charity events make alot of money for both these great causes!

 

Also Please check out the Buy Art festival in Manchester, my gallery Generation pop are showing my work there and have already had interest from some Celeb Actors

 

 

Coronation Street Actor Mikey North with my part of my Four Evens painting