Beverley J. Hanna - Original Watercolour "Fifty Dollars

Several years ago, the artists' legal assistance organization, Canadian Artists' Representation Ontario held a fundraiser called the "Make Your Own Money" event. Each donated piece had to be the size and shape of a fifty-dollar bill, and include the words "Canada" or "Canadian", and "Fifty" or "Fifty Dollars".

I set to work and collected all the ingredients for the painting I envisioned. I took the photo references and had the prints made. I sorted them and played with them, and them painted until I had the image I wanted. I went to my framer and picked out a beautiful frame, not unlike the one used in this webpage. When it was all done, I drove to the C.A.R.O. office in Toronto to deliver my painting, of which I was very proud.

Imagine my chagrin when it was pointed out to me that the donated art was expected to sell for fifty dollars as well! The framing cost five times that! The upshot was that I purchased my own painting back (for fifty dollars!) and ended up selling it for a good deal more, but not before having it scanned for limited edtion prints.