Laguna Phuket Hold Charity Raffle

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Laguna Phuket hold charity raffle

ME NO NEMO: The acrylic-on-canvas painting 'Clownfish V' will go to the buyer of the winning ticket.

Australian artist Chris Hogan, acclaimed for his aquatic-themed paintings.

PHUKET: -- A unique painting valued at 60,000 baht by acclaimed Australian artist Chris Hogan will be raffled off to raise funds for Laguna Phuket Foundation’s Developing Sustainable Schools program.

Chris is currently Artist in Residence at Laguna Phuket’s Summer Family Festival.

The raffle draw will be the centerpiece of the festival’s “Art Party” in Canal Village on July 31, when his residency ends.

The painting, Clownfish V, is 100cm x 100cm, acrylic on canvas and an outstanding example of the artist’s aquatic-themed work, which has been displayed all over the world.

Other prizes in the raffle include two nights at a Laguna Phuket resort, a Banyan Tree spa package for two, rounds of golf at Laguna Phuket Golf Club and a Laguna Tours trip for two to Phi Phi Island.

Tickets, at 100 baht each, are available from reception desks and tour counters at Laguna Phuket hotels, as well as selected restaurants, cafés and bars in the Laguna area.

Chris Hogan holds daily painting classes at the Summer Family Festival in Canal Village and is also providing creative art lessons for teachers and pupils of Baan Jao Krue School, the current focus of Laguna Phuket’s Developing Sustainable Schools program.

Locations outside Laguna for the Art raffle ticket sales so far are:

Khun Woody’s Sandwich Shoppe, Cherng Talay

Siam Commercial Bank, Cherng Talay branch

Farang restaurant, Cherng Talay

Pepper’s bar, Tinlay Place, Cherng Talay

Black Cat restaurant, Cherng Talay

-- Phuket Gazette 2010-07-23

[JetsetBkk]

A unique painting valued at 60,000 baht by acclaimed Australian artist Chris Hogan

Is it valued at 60,000 baht by him? Or is it valued at 60,000 baht by somebody else?

I've got a damp patch on the wall - I'll give him 60. Baht, that is.