Leonie’s painting auctioned for R36000.00

Every year I donate a painting to the Ikaya Lethemba benifit fund

L04-2011 All of my Hope
250 x 760mm

In September of 2003, concerned individuals of the Khayelitsha district came together to discuss the plight of the chronically and terminally ill in their community. They were troubled about the lack of services to people who were left to die at home. After much discussion and planning, Ikhaya le Themba was established and within 6 weeks volunteers were trained by a professional Nurse to provide Home Based Care to the sick in their community. Since then, Ikhaya le Themba has grown and has mentored organisations in Atlantis, Gugulethu, Eastern Cape, and Namibia.

Every year a few well known Cape Town Artsists like Anthony Gadd, Leonie e. Brown, Frieda van Zyl and others, participate in the benefit fund by donating artsork to this amazing cause.
The artsists get nothing out of the deal except the saitfaction of knowing that they helped to provided 22 000+ meals and play a small part in bringing some form of relief to the people of Kayalitsha.

On Friday night the 14th of October the benefit fund was held at the ‘Upper East Side Hotel’ in Woodstock. About 200 people attended the dinner and different art work and items were auctioned off.
One of the items was a day spend driving a formula 1 racing car.

Only 16 items were auctioned off with an average price of R1000 – R8000 per item. 

My painting was surprise lot no 17.

I was aware of the fact that quite a few people were interested in the painting and I expected the bid to go up to about R5000.00.

Great was my surprise and delight when it was sold for R36000.00! How does one react to something as amazing as this? What is the implications for the future...if any. Does that also influence the pricing of my other work? 

All I can say is: Thank you God!