Fifty GAL members participated in this event giving 55 portraits, 6 photographs, one wood carving and one clay bust to the Gainesville Hospice families. Over 200 people attended the unveiling. "What is this endeavor? It is not about artists or care givers, or the pain or grief, nor is it about loneliness or mourning or the loss of life, but rather the 'Giving' and the supernatural connection that is made through the giving. With the guidance of a magnificent teacher, the artist honed their skills beyond the realm of expectations, and the riches of diciplined labors were achieved. Now the excitement of this pearl of great price takes center stage, and the lesson learned was 'IT IS ALL ABOUT THE GIVING'." Re'gie Kennedy, GAL President 2015 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Ann Alexander, Judy Black, Earl Kenneth, Robert Richardson, Tonya Nieman, Ernest Varner, Renee Hewitt, Barbara Brown, Dona Price, Mary Bell Donaldson, Carol Duckworth, Linda Tilden, Linda Sartore, Sarah Mabry, Norma Hulsey, Betty Law Smith, Ginger Rouse, Cindy Todd, Cindy Rugare, MarieAnne Scott, Janet Rihardson, ames Waldrep, aren Brooks, Amanda Lovett, Georgia Raymond, William Standish, GeorgeAnn Moore, Michael McDougall, Re'gie Kennedy, Travis Massey, Patricia Gimotty, Mia Rodriguez, Nancy Swann, Joyce Fox, Judy Canonico, Michael Turner, Gayle Berry, Jean Stringer Priest, Betty Law Smith, Joan McDonald, Sue Levine, Jill Haack, Earlan Gill, Michael Melson, Cheri Burchard, Marsh Hopkins, Char Baxter, Lala Street, Travis Massey, Sandra Kernan, INSTRUCTORS: Col. Earnest Varner, professional artist who taught the group; Chris Sherry, artist/teacher assisted with the students; GeorgeAnn Moore, watercolor teacher, assisted with students
