Donated Paintings

3767 – Spotted Turtle on Paddle

3767 – Spotted Turtle on Paddle Acrylic on Wood Paddle 6 x 25 inches DONATED Each year Muskoka Conservancy holds an annual fundraising event. This is the second time I’ve painted a paddle to be offered in their silent auction. I chose a Spotted Turtle for the 2018 event due to it’s endangered status. This turtle is native to Muskoka. Share and Enjoy...

Two Small Florals

3684 – Black-Eyed Susans #1 – DONATED 3687 – Day Lily #1 – DONATED Acrylic on Canvas Each painting 6 x 6 inches, unframed. Share and Enjoy...

3732 & 3733 In Hiding & Safe Place

3732 – In Hiding 3733 – Safe Place Acrylic on Canvas 6 x 6 inches, unframed DONATED In the summer of 2016, I had an unfortunate encounter with a tiny fawn on a local highway. I knew the death of that little creature would inspire more than one painting. In Hiding and Safe Place are the first of, I’m sure, many to come. These two paintings were created for an annual charity art sale here in Muskoka. MARTIN’S, a Bracebridge, Ontario framing, art supply and gallery, provides local artists with 6 x 6 inch canvases to create whatever inspires them. Then the canvases are hung together for a one day sale. All the proceeds support the Children’s...

3706, 07, 08, 09 – Five Black Bears in Muskoka

3706 – Up a Tree 3707 – What you looking at? 3708 – Honest, that’s really what happened? 3709 – Don’t mess with me! Acrylic on Canvas All paintings 6 x 6 inches, Unframed Painted and donated for an art sale in support of The Children’s Foundation of Muskoka December 12, 2015. After the tragic shooting of a mother bear in Bracebridge, I was moved to create these paintings. Black bears are indigenous to Muskoka and at times appear in town searching for food. If left alone, they will wander off. Unfortunately, a trigger-happy man shot the mother when the family of bears appeared on his property. Bear cubs...

2014-24 Basket of Pennies

2014-24 Basket of Pennies Donated 8 x 8 inches Acrylic on Canvas Copyright Wendie Donabie 2104 Basket of Pennies was created for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers, Penny Tree Pottery Sale. Proceeds of the sale went directly (through the Stephen Lewis Foundation) to support African Grandmothers raising children orphaned by Aids. In this painting I depict an African Grandmother, carrying her infant grandchild and a basket of Canadian pennies, walking into the bright sun, with her heart filled with hope for the future. From 2011 to the spring of 2014, Grandmother to Grandmothers Muskoka raised over $17,000 from pennies donations and sale of items incorporating of pennies...

2013-39 Remember

2013-39 Remember Donated to Art Sale fund raiser for Muskoka Children’s Foundation 6 x 6 inches, unframed Acrylic on Canvas In preparation for a large poppy painting, I created a number of smaller ones. This is one of two painted for a charity fundraiser. Share and Enjoy...