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Have FUN and learn to draw and paint daffodils for Daffodil Day ! Ever wanted to try your hand at painting or drawing or going to an art class but just never got around to it ? Well here is your perfect opportunity and its for charity ! This year artist Paul D’Arcy will host a class to teach everyone and anyone how to paint daffodils as part of Daffodil Day - Friday 20th March. These attempts or masterpieces can then be taken home by all who attend. The art classes and coffee morning will be hosted in the appropriately named gallery and will consist of three separate sessions , one in the morning 9 - 10.30 am , one in the afternoon 2 - 3.30 p.m. and the final one in the evening 7 - 8.30 p.m. , to accommodate all those coming home from work. Everything is supplied from the artists’ studio so all you have to do is bring yourself and a friend if you wish. Donations for the class , coffee and biscuits etc. is € 20 and absolutely all proceeds will go to the Cancer foundation. Click Here to Enquire or Book your Daffodil Day Art Class Any other donations greater than the course donation will be gratefully accepted and can be made on the day. Places are limited and BOOKING is essential. A fun and enjoyable day of talking and painting is guaranteed. If you are going to attend one of these classes you will not have any difficultly finding the gallery as it is located just outside Skerries town on the Skerries/Lusk Road and has a whole ditch full of blooming daffodils !!
Contact : Paul or Theresa Daffodil Art Gallery , Milverton , Skerries , Co. Dublin |
“Daffodil are my favourite flower and I have used them in my paintings from the very start. I love everything about them. They have a very strong and sturdy shape , their colour is vibrant and glowing and generally yellow which happens also to be my favourite colour, although I have painted them blue! Over the years they have symbolized many things to me , mainly hope and strength. To see a daffodil peeping out of the ground with its spear like leaves on a hard cold day in late winter is a sight to behold. The wonder of its bright yellow flower is a sure sign that spring is on its way. And I’m sure that is why the Cancer Society chose this flower as their logo. Like many people cancer has effected my family too with my mother surviving three separate bouts of cancer over the past twenty years and some of my relatives and friends dying as a result of it. Needless to say this day is therefore an important day to support" - artist Paul D'Arcy Monies raised on Daffodil Day will fund the Society’s free night nursing service for patients at the advanced stage of the illness, the funding of hospital based cancer liaison nurses and the funding of cancer homecare teams, who work in the community to provide specialist palliative care to patients with cancer in their own homes. Daffodil Day monies also used to fund the Cancer Information Services Helpline (Free phone 1800 200 700), which is staffed by nurses trained in cancer care, who offer advice, information and support to anyone worried about any aspect of cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment. In 2008, the Cancer Information Service looked after approximately 16,500 enquiries. .... |
