Nlemvo ~ Charity Auction.

Toward the end of 2007 I was asked to submit something to a charity auction here in Prague. The point of the auction is to raise funds so that children with hearing difficulties can be given a cochlear implant. I submitted 'Nlemvo', a reclining nude sketch drawn with pastel on deep blue Ingres paper. Nlemvo is a Congolese word meaning 'Grace' and as the auction had an African theme (not sure why) this study seemed apt. Another one of my pictures was auctioned for the same cause in 2006. Nlemvo raised 614 US dollars.