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| Amelia Ritcey - Winner of the Draw at Golden Unicorn Arts Festival |
The past two years during our Golden Unicorn Arts Festival (Fosterville, NB) I was usually busy doing a lot of things, other than spending time in my art studio and chatting it up with the public who attended the event. However, this year, our third year, my wife Sarah insisted that I become like all the other artisans who displayed their work, which I happily did. As an added attraction, and perhaps for people who can't afford to purchase a painting to hang on their wall at home, I decided to have a draw for one of my Limited Edition Giclees (reproduced painting on canvas). The winner could select either Moonshine Willy, a rambunctious and spunky unicorn, Akela, the leader of the pack wolves in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book or Snow Star, a beautiful white unicorn that can be seen mainly in the winter time roaming around Green Mountain.
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| Moonshine Willy Akela Snowstar |
The winner of my draw, which was held after the Arts Festival ended at the end of the day, was Amelia Ritcey, a pretty little nine year old girl. Quite a few people submitted their names and phone numbers and when her name was drawn and read out to some of the people still remaining at the festival, she had already gone home. When I phoned her number, a man answered and sounded somewhat skeptical when I asked to speak to Amelia. Since she was only 9 years old, he was probably wondering why an old man was calling his daughter. However, after I spoke with Amelia and then to her father, his voice had changed significantly and everyone was happy. Since we live quite a distance from Woodstock, Amelia and her family picked up her prize at the Woodstock Farmers Market, which we attend almost every Friday from around 8:00am-1:00pm and that's where the photograph of Ameilia and her prize were taken. Apparently, while Amelia was at the Golden Unicorn Arts Festival, she was a little disappointed not to have seen any of the unicorns, so I told her that they are very shy and hid out in the forest whenever a lot of people were in the vicinity. I had a difficult time painting both
Moonshine Willy and
Snow Star because they didn't like posing for their portraits for long periods of time - they were always looking over their shoulders to see if anyone was around and of course,
Willy was almost impossible; he's such a going concern.
Since I'm sure some people were a little disappointed that their name wasn't drawn to win one of the giclee reproductions, I'm holding a Christmas draw at the Woodstock Farmers Market. Tickets can be purchased at the market in downtown Woodstock or here at Golden Unicorn Farm in Fosterville or online. The giclees make excellent gifts, so if you can't wait to own one or don't want to try your luck with the draw, they can be purchased for $40.00 each (your choice - either Snow Star, Moonshine Willy or Akela).
Since it looks as if summer has finally arrived, wasn't completely washed away with the torrential rain storms, guess I better head on outside and get some chores accomplished - hate to say it - but winter aint far away - cheers, eh!
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