‘Upon Small Shoulders’ raises €19,500 for ‘Penny Dinners’

Sinéad O’Connor raised a staggering €34,000 for the charity ‘Penny Dinners‘ at Whyte’s art auction in the RDS last night (see her post).

Sinead’s put two of her paintings up for auction; a portrait of Sinéad as a child by Thomas Ryan and my ‘upon small shoulders’, they were lots 150 and 151, so it was a nerve-racking wait watching each of the preceding lots go under the hammer. Eventually ‘lot 500’ her portrait, was presented and bidding shot from the hundreds to thousands and was eventually sold for a magnificent €8,500 (I had the absolute pleasure of meeting the buyer after the event). Next up was ‘lot 151’ ‘upon small shoulders’ I could hardly breathe – then the biding took off eventually ending at an incredible €19,500 I was stunned. I’m hopeful to discover who the bidder was – I’d love to know where my painting’s new home will be. Sinead was understandably thrilled with the results and very generous with her praise for my painting.

A huge thanks needs to be given to Sinéad O’Connor for her unceasing selfless generosity, she is a most wonderful woman. She could have left her paintings hanging on her wall instead she decided to auction them to raise money for ‘Penny Dinners’.

Thanks to the new owner of ‘upon small shoulders’ for your benevolence and for liking my painting, I hope it will please the eye for many years. And congratulations to ‘Penny Dinners’ and the people under their care who are the deserving recipients of this wonderful success.

Thank you Sinéad, I’m indebted to you for your appreciation of my work and for giving ‘upon small shoulders’ and me a global audience. I’m very proud to know you.

N.

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‘Upon Small Shoulders’ goes under the hammer tonight….

Thomas Ryan’s portrait of Sinéad O’Connor as a child  and ‘Upon Small Shoulders’ go under the hammer at Whyte’s auction tonight. The Auction starts at 6pm and can be followed live online http://www.whytes.ie/ (click on to ‘live bidding’ after 6pm).

Lets hope Sinéad’s chosen charity ‘Penny Dinners’ does really well.

Sinéad is selling ‘upon small shoulders’ for charity

My painting ‘upon small shoulders‘ is in Whyte’s forthcoming auction (see catalogue page 101).

The extremely wonderful and benevolent Sinéad O’Connor is selling two of her paintings to raise much-needed funds for ‘The Penny Dinners’ an long established Irish charity.
In case you missed one of my countless references to her album over the past year – ‘upon small shoulders’ was used as the cover of Sinéad’s latest album ‘How about I be me (and you be you)?’.
I’m so proud to be included among some of Ireland’s great artists and humbled to be facing Thomas Ryan’s portrait of Sinéad.

I hope it sells well for ‘The Penny Dinners’.

N.