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Fund
raiser communique for funds in aid of the Justice for Agriculture
Trust
Justice
for Agriculture (JAG) Zimbabwe
February 03, 2006
The JAG Trust
is relaunching the African Art fund raising project commencing in
January 2006.
It is the Trusts
intention to silent auction via the Internet and the Trust’s extensive
e mail network an anonymous donor commissioned painting in each
month of 2006.
The much needed
funds raised by this initiative will go towards the operational
costs for the Justice for Agriculture Trust, which carries out community
charitable support work and various action projects on behalf of
farmers and farm workers under extremely difficult circumstances
and against all odds.
It is the Trusts
intention to silent auction, via the Internet - and the Trusts extensive
e - mail network, an anonymous donor commissioned painting in each
month of 2006.
About the
artist: Ian Hamilton Henderson
Ian Henderson
was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia in May of 1954. He schooled at Milton
High where he did A-level Art. After a stint with the British South
African Police he flew Helicopters in the Air Force. This afforded
him the opportunity to travel around the bush, culminating in the
next period of his life as a licensed Professional Guide.
He started painting
professionally in 1996 and enjoyed a first night sell out of his
first exhibition in Harare. Since then he has had several solo exhibitions
and partaken in group exhibitions in Zimbabwe, Dubai and the United
Kingdom. In 2000 he had a solo exhibition in Abu Dhabi to raise
money for challenged children. One of Sotheby’s Directors ensured
the total success of this exhibition.
He still walks
in the bush.
He still
flies ……
he still
paints……..
and, one
day in the future hit is his wish to farm the soils in Zimbabwe.
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The painting
will be offered on silent auction up until February 24 2006. Bids
may be registered via email with JAG’s office: jag@mango.zw
or justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw.
It is hoped that this and the other silent auctions will provide
the purchaser with a unique opportunity to obtain a valuable painting
by leading local and internationally recognised artists whilst at
the same time assisting an organisation and community dedicated
to Zimbabwe’s future.
The opening
pre-auction bid on this, the first in the series of paintings, is
US$4000.00 received from a UK prospective purchaser.
Please could
JAG membership, recipients on the JAG email network and all those
sympathetic to Zimbabwe’s plight, humanitarian or environmental,
forward this email worldwide via their mailing lists; it is especially
important to target collectors of African art.
See attached
image "The Meeting Place". For a larger, more defined
image and more about the artist please write and request from jag@mango.zw
or justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw
- message size.
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About the
painting:
Title:The Meeting
Place
Size:
1380mm x 950mm (54"x38")
Medium:
Oil on canvas – unframed
Painted by:
Ian Henderson
Date:
2005
This painting
is set on the floor of the Zambezi Valley in the hot season when
the leaf is no longer on the tree and the mopane stands stiff and
tall like witches fingers.
The only respite
from the sun is provided by the shade of the baobabs and the larger
the trunk the more popular the meeting place. Closely spaced piles
of dung foraged on by baboon and guinea fowl attest to the popularity
of certain trees. Well-worn paths reflecting the striking rays of
the sun crisscross the mopane and the jesse, using the baobabs as
cardinal points of focus for their direction.
If you are lucky
enough you will come across some old bulls and witness their greeting
rituals as they pass through these places. Here, one such old man
and his friends spend a few minutes together before returning to
their ceaseless wanderings.
Visit the JAG
Zimbabwe fact
sheet
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