Every painting has a story.
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Groupers love naps. Usually under a rock, but sometimes in a basket sponge. Really!
This Nassau grouper was snoozing in a basket sponge in Cozumel when I swam by it around 1990. My dive buddy snapped a pic, and I painted it on canvas seventeen years later. It was framed and displayed in a solo show at the Coconut Grove Gallery for a few years. The new owner didn’t see it there, so it came over to the Bahamas on a sailboat and hung at the Hope Town Harbour Lodge for about five years.
Hurricane Dorian took down the Lodge, but the manager had moved all my paintings from the dining room into his small apartment one floor up for safekeeping. I found them there about five months after the storm. All my other surviving Lodge paintings were eventually sold to collectors, but “Grouper in a Basket” is still waiting to find its forever home.
So, bid early. Bid often. Share widely: rodyauction.com
This is a month-long online auction, and 100% of the winning bid will go directly to Every Child Counts.
You have until March 13 to be part of this story.
Studio Visit
The original painting may be viewed in person at the artist’s studio in Fry’s Mangrove prior to March 13. Email or WhatsAPP Kim Rody to arrange your visit. 772 341 6566
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About Every Child Counts (ECC): ECC Abaco is a nonprofit school dedicated to empowering children with learning differences through individualized education, dignity, and opportunity. Click here for more info.
