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"WAITING with an EMPTY CUP" (12% for a York Charity)

Professionally framed 7" x 5" oil painting.

I am an artist born in Yorkshire and trained through the Royal Academy of Arts in London, where I was awarded the last Turner Gold Medal for painting. I have a passion for my Art, both Drawing and Painting. I want my art to tell a story. I am now in the "WHOS WHO IN ART", the “DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY“, and the “WORLD'S deals WHO'S WHO OF WOMEN”, as I am recognised to be one of “Britain's leading artists.”

This is an Original, and professionally framed 8" x 6" oil painting. The frame is a medium tone grained wood frame, ready to hang on the wall. (A small painting takes me about two weeks to paint.) I was asked by a clergyman David Simpson if I could support a York Charity, which was struggling for funds, through my art. Various Charities provide provisions for Food Banks, and for people living in food poverty, so I am currently working on a series of oil paintings that depict various aspects in the lives of the most vulnerable in society, the homeless, and/or poor, and refugees. I am in the "WHOS WHO IN ART".

The practical spirituality evident in St. Francis and other Faiths is a focus on seeing God in everyone, especially the marginalised. For such people, poverty involves not only serving the poor but also being connected with them. I believe we all have a responsibility for each other, by being open and receptive to each other, to allow others into our lives. To be free enough to share in the lives of others. Not to fear them, nor reject, but to engage. Homeless and poor suffer malnutrition, and their life expectancy on the streets is 47 years. Not to fear them, nor despise them, but to share ourselves with them. St. Francis taught that we need to come to know and alleviate poverty. Of sharing gifts and needs, and through this way encountering a Mystery. I heard someone say, "the privileged have responsibilities, and need integrity".

I have a web at www.suemcmullen.com