The 2010 Midlands Hawke's Bay Charity Wine Auction is again being held over Queens Birthday Weekend on Saturday 05 June. This is the 19th year the event has run.
The Charity Wine Auction Painting, "Wine Tasters" by Piera McArthur will also be up for auction at this event. "This is the second time Piera has been chosen as the Midlands Charity Wine Auction artists, she was the selected artist in 1993 when her painting "The Wine Tasting" sold for a then record $6100" says Graeme Milne, PSEC Fundraising, Communication and Marketing Manager.
The painting was inspired by Piera's memory of Russian puppet shows, which are lively, vibrant and "go back into the mists of time". They are still a lively and amusing part of Russion cultural life, and tend to be satirical" says Piera. "Against a brilliant yellow background, and flanked by the dramatically dark stage curtains, two figures sample a vintage wine. One may well wonder what comments they are making...learned, enthusiastic, pretentious, or otherwise. That's why I call this painting "Wine Tasters", and leave the rest to the imagination".
Huge thanks to all that are involved in this key event for Cranford Hospice, including; HB Winegrowers and all their members, Midlands Mortgage Trust, Church Road Winery and all their staff, Gameplan event management, McEntee Hire, Blue Moon, Living Edge, Hastings Host Lions, Chris Tremain & Willie de Witt, Touch of Elegance venue hire, Flowerlands, the Copy Company .... the list is endless !