November 17th, 2011 saw a portrait of mine from West Africa, 'Lines that Lead to Perfection' being auctioned with a $15,000 reserve!!
I really wanted to support a few charities that operate in Africa this year and had the opportunity to do it two ways: one by donating some of my art, and secondly by donating some money from the exhibition 'Facing Uncertainty' ticket sales and a percentage of my own sales.
'Art for Africa' New York approached a number of leading artists in the US, the UK and South Africa to donate some one of their pieces. I was approached earlier in the year, and immediately thought it fit in with my own plans to worthwhile organisations and causes that are entirely focussed on Africa. My piece was amongst some pretty big names - artists like Nan Goldin and Andy Warhol were featured - and this went into the live auction scheduled for November 17th in the New York auction house, Sotheby's. Here's the piece:
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you can see the details here:
http://www.artforafrica.org.uk/artist/John+Kenny/newyork/
Fingers crossed it makes the reserve price!
John