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Flat Figures Painters Forum => News => Topic started by: mil-mart on November 16, 2013, 06:18:50 PM
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Hi all just had an email from Dirk Ewert saying that as a result of selling his Flat figure "All's well" 500 euros was raised for a Childrens Cancer Charity in Germany
Dirk wishes to express his gratitude and thanks to all who bought this figure and helped to raise funds for such a good cause.
The attached pictures show "All's well" and from left to right Benedikt Widmann, Dirk Ewert and Andres Trost.
To give you a little bit of history about the idea for the figure here is Dirks original post.
Hello together,I would introduce to you this sailor in it's final painted version and briefly tell his history of the origin.I had the last year shortly before the "Duke of Bavaria"-Show at Kulmbach the idea, to give a figure out, also for my next „round birthday“ (50.).Benedikt Widmann was helpful, as usual and able of enthusiasm and put the contact with Sasha Lunyakov, who engraved it after I had decided on a motive.The idea for this motive is from a painting by Winslow Homer, an American painter, with the title „All's well “, leant.It shows a sailor, in spite of stormy sea, like a night watchman, who his ship comrades calls out the time with the help of the in the background hanging, bell.I found it symbolic-laden enough for my purpose. The painting style of W. Homer (1834-1910) meets me, in my kind to paint, very much, also his motives which, from his time as a correspondent with Harpers Weekly during the American civil war have become popular or show, however, maritime occurrences. After to us then last year some cancer-conditioned bereavements surprised, I decided the proceeds from the sales of the figure, those among myself who face of this awful illness to most helpless ones to let come to good to the children.
Congratulations to Dirk and the Team on a great result.Best wishesKen FarrarMil-mart Miniatures.
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Great Job Willie
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Good news Ken, thanks for posting that.