PAINTING signed by Hayley

[crystalpaul]

Hi all I am Paul Stillwell, a portrait artist from Poole in Dorset, UK.

I painted a portrait of Hayley and with kind help from Roger and Ray I was very fortunate to meet her after her concert in Southampton recently. Hayley was delighted with the painting and had a long conversation with me about it. Hayley was so kind and charming and she personally autographed the painting "love, Hayley Westenra xxx" in gold ink.

It is currently for auction on Ebay.
A THIRD OF THE MONEY RAISED FOR THIS PORTRAIT WILL BE DONATED TO THE CHARITY UNICEF AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE 'BIKES FOR GHANA' CAMPAIGN WHICH HAYLEY IS INVOLVED WITH.

HAYLEY HAS GIVEN HER BLESSING FOR ME TO DO THIS....SO PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY!

It is listed on Ebay as
Original PAINTING Signed by HAYLEY WESTENRA
Item number: 250198197326

or click this direct link to Ebay.

About the painting:



Painted in best quality Acrylic paint on high quality - triple coated - cotton canvas stretched around a wooden frame.

Size 76cm X 61cm

Hayley's top is covered with REAL 24ct GOLD, bought from Wrights Of Lymm, suppliers of purest gold leaf to the Royal Palaces in London, manufacturers of finest Gold leaf since 1840.



There are more photos of the painting and my meeting with Hayley on my website, along with photos of my other paintings.
www.paulstillwell-art.com

Many thanks
Paul

[Paddy]

crystalpaul said:

Hi all I am Paul Stillwell, a portrait artist from Poole in Dorset, UK.

I painted a portrait of Hayley and with kind help from Roger and Ray I was very fortunate to meet her after her concert in Southampton recently. Hayley was delighted with the painting and had a long conversation with me about it. Hayley was so kind and charming and she personally autographed the painting "love, Hayley Westenra xxx" in gold ink.

It is currently for auction on Ebay.
A THIRD OF THE MONEY RAISED FOR THIS PORTRAIT WILL BE DONATED TO THE CHARITY UNICEF AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE 'BIKES FOR GHANA' CAMPAIGN WHICH HAYLEY IS INVOLVED WITH.

HAYLEY HAS GIVEN HER BLESSING FOR ME TO DO THIS....SO PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY!

About the painting:



Painted in best quality Acrylic paint on high quality - triple coated - cotton canvas stretched around a wooden frame.

Size 76cm X 61cm


Many thanks
Paul

Hi Paul!


A real treasure!

And a genuine 'work of art'!

Congratulations!


Paddy

[gra7890]

Hi Paul,
A great painting but unfortunately I am sure it will be out of my price range!
However I am sure you will get a lot of interest and bids !
Hope all goes well for you and then Hayley's charity will also make lot of money !
I will watch with interest.
Good Luck Graham

[Dave]

Hi Paul,

Well done and good luck with the auction!

Cheers, Dave

PS I fixed the Ebay link (it had to be hidden to work, as now shown).

[Andrew]

Hi Paul,

WOW... Your painting of Hayley is quite remarkable!
I really love the way you've used the gold leaf to capture the character of Hayley's dress too!

What a fantastic idea it is to auction an original signed painting of Hayley with the incentive of contributing some of the proceeds to UNICEF! That really is brilliant Paul!

I'll be very interested to hear how it works out!

Very well done indeed! Hayley looks delighted! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Andrew

[grant]

Hi everyone

Bidding has been slow for a day or two but I'm happy to say that things are moving again with the current bid standing at

£410.00

Best wishes
Grant

[stevemacdonald]

If I'm not mistaken this painting was based on a photograph of Hayley and it was not something drawn from life. As a portrait artist myself, I have issues with that, regardless of the keen artistic merit on display.

I would love someday to see an actually-posed portrait of Hayley by this artist. THAT would fetch in the many, many thousands.

[crystalpaul]

Hi All.....my painting was sold on Ebay to a bidder from Australia.
From the proceeds I donated $440 (NZ) directly to the Bikes for Ghana campaign through the UNICEF New Zealand website. My Donation number is 1198764167.
I understand this will buy 11 bikes for the children.
I also read a report on the UNICEF New Zealand website about Hayley's recent visit to Ghana. The report was dated 11th April, this was the date my mum died, so it was very poignant to donate to this campaign.

Pics and details of the painting are on my website:
www.paulstillwell-art.com

Many thanks to those of you who gave kind words of support
Paul