Dipper

This was painted because a little girl fell off a climbing frame. She is now, sadly, severely disabled.

The full story about how that happened and how this amazing young lady, Bel, is coping is described at her website http://www.beingbeltrust.org.uk/

Some time ago, her relatives set up an online auction (now closed) to raise money for a trust fund to be set up in her name that it is hoped will provide her with the financial support she will need for the rest of her life.

As a very small part of that I offered my services to paint a "portrait" of an animal, person, house or whatever, as a minor contribution to the very many lots to be auctioned, and that's how I came to paint "Dipper".