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Art work by rocker Pete Doherty – which include pieces created with his own blood – are expected to raise tens of thousands of pounds when they go under the hammer.

A collection of paintings, trinkets, clothes and guitars belonging to the 33-year-old will go on sale on Friday at the Cob Gallery in London, where the works were recently exhibited as ‘On Blood: A Portrait of the Artist’.

One work, Ladylike, includes a self-portrait by Amy Winehouse which she also created with her own blood.

That work is the standout piece and is estimated to raise between £50,000 to £80,000.

Other select items, which are expected to fetch between £50 to £12,000, from the former Libertines frontman’s work and life include his iconic military jackets, notebooks, and his writing desk decorated with traditional French design and with secret panels and drawers. It comes complete with profanities engraved into it.

The works showcase Doherty’s “arterial splatter” technique.

He told the Independent: “Blood plays the starring role in my work.

“Sweat and tears are often waiting in the wings.”

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Each command that Hurn has been assigned to has received an original piece of artwork from him, including the Natick Soldier Systems Center, where he served as a human research volunteer.

Its pretty much a habit for me. I actually like leaving my mark everywhere I go, said Hurn, laughing.

Hurn, who hails from Pineville, SC, started drawing at a very young age. With an appreciation for anime and animation, he hopes to create better-quality cartoons in the future. Hurn is considering college at some point and would like to study animation.

When I was four years old, I was in Hawaii, Hurn said. My art teacher became a great character designer for one of my favorite games, so he really inspired me.

Hurn admitted that he sometimes goes months to years without drawing, but its a passion he always comes back to, eventually. In addition to drawing and painting, the versatile artist has designed tattoos and a house layout.

I kind of just go with the flow, said Hurn about his creative process. It kind of hits me with music. I have to have music on. It soothes me. I listen to lots of things — hip hop, rock, sometimes classical. (I) mix it up.

The only thing I cant stand right now is country (music). What happened was all through basic they played country every day. Then the drill sergeant made us sing country songs, so Im kind of tired of it for a little while. Its not that I dont like it. I just cant hear it for a while.

The artwork that he leaves behind at NSSC was partially inspired by members of Hurns family. After starting to draw a face, Hurn realized he was drawing his cousin. He then ended up drawing a boy who looked like his younger brother, except without the little goatee going on.

Hurn joined the Army when he was 17 and was in ROTC at Timberland High School in Pineville.

I decided to join the Army because my family is Army-based, Hurn said. My uncle joined. My dad joined. I have a lot of family already in the Army.

When Hurn went to advanced individual training at Fort Eustis, Va., he was part of the Charlie Company Slayers. For this command Hurn, created two pieces that now hang on opposite ends of its hallway.

One is a knight with a big sword and the other one is a knight pretty much chilling on a throne, Hurn said.

He later created two more pieces for the company.

Captain Justin Fitch, commander of the Headquarters Research and Development Detachment at NSSC, is proud of his Soldiers and happy to applaud their individual skills.

I just thought it was interesting and important to recognize Soldier service, Fitch said. Some of them have talent, and sometimes that goes without being noticed. I thought it was interesting to recognize the human side of the Soldier.

Hurn is pretty unique, and art is something that it looks like hes held onto, which is actually kind of rare, Fitch said.

Fitch explained that creating art like this is a tradition of sorts, and that many units display artwork, usually on building exteriors. Concrete blast barriers overseas make worthy canvasses.

Theyre just drab, said Fitch, and well have people paint them up to reflect the units mark (on) the area.

Hurns entire family has been supportive of his gift. He joked about how his father brags constantly about his artwork and how his mother hates when he throws away any of his work. In fact, all of the members of his immediate family are artists in their own right: His sister sings, one younger brother draws, another brother writes, and his parents are both creative.

Hurn has found his talent appreciated in both families he belongs to — his own and the Army.

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The Carriage Barn Arts Center in Waveny Park will host a Girl Scout Centennial Art Show Celebration Friday, May 11, through Sunday, May 13, from noon to 4 pm The exhibit, which will feature work by local Girl Scouts in grades kindergarten through 12, is part of the Carriage Barns commitment to supporting local youth initiatives.

The community is invited to a special reception honoring the student artists and to vote for their favorite piece on display, on May 13, between 2:30 and 3:45 pm The winner will be announced during this closing reception and she will have her art exhibited at the Connecticut Girl Scouts Jubilee Fair at Durham Fairgrounds on May 19.

The show has been organized by two Ambassador Scout troop composed of 11th and 12th graders. Throughout the years, these older scouts have led younger girls through a variety of activities, ranging from cooking and crafts to camping. They have undertaken the art show to help the Girl Scout organization celebrate its 100th Jubilee.

For more, call Margaret Pastel, at 203-972-6970.

This year there are even more sculptures like these to check out. The artwork is from all over the country and even a couple from Canada. With the beautiful weather weve seen today many people are out and about checking out these unique creations.

The volunteer director of the sculpture tour tells me there are 31 sculptures on north and south Barstow Street and three on Whipple Street by the Mayo Health Clinic.

There is a wide variety of artwork that you can check out. All were selected from artist submissions by a jury of volunteers. You will be able to check out these sculptures no matter what the season 24 hours a day and seven days a week. They will once again be replaced by a new batch this time next year. The last of the sculptures were put up this morning and organizers urge you to come on down to the Barstow area.

If you enjoy getting out with your family, and enjoying the nice weather were having this spring I’d say get out and enjoy some of the art. There are a lot of great pieces for people of all ages,” says volunteer director Adam Eggebrecht.

Along some of the light posts on Barstow and Whipple you will see ballot boxes like this. By the end of the week they will have new maps in them that will help guide your tour of all the sculptures. Just in time for whats shaping up to be a beautiful mothers day weekend.

British art experts hope to solve a mystery surrounding the commissioning of an early 20th Century Australian landscape painting.

Dated 1904, the picture by Australian artist John Stirling Moore, portrays a prospecting expedition into the interior of Australia and shows tents and trekking camels.

While a typed letter accompanies the artwork, naming Mr Stirling Moore as its creator, there is no indication of whether the artist travelled alongside the explorers, or who commissioned the work.

The program meeting featured Joshua Simmons on Munson/McClellan. Simmons took his audience down Munson and McClellan as if they were on a bus tour. He gave the historic overview of the area; impact of the longleaf pine; description of Blackwater Forest; and the duel at Munson on Dec. 2, 1916 between Constable Bud Collins and the fireman if the Bagdad Land and Lumber company, Lee Thompson.

Bonnie Holton and artist Betty Shoopman donated this artwork to the Gulf Breeze Historical Society.
Photos by Betty Archer Allen/GBN The next program will feature Michael Johnson on Historic Bagdad on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters general meeting will be held Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Lucia Tryon Library, 1200 Langley Avenue, in Pensacola. Coffee will be served at 9:15 am with the program at 9:45 am The admission is free; the general public, men and women, are invited.

League member Janet DeLorge, will discuss the findings of a local League study of the criminal justice system that emphasizes rehabilitation programs and alternatives to incarceration in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. For more information, call Betty Vickers at 432-9743 or edvickers@cox.net

Joshua Simmons talked to the Historical Society about the Munson/McClellan history. Hoe lsquo;n Hum Garden Club

Hoe lsquo;n Hum Garden Club enjoyed a wonderful luncheon meeting Thursday, Jan. 26 at Tiger Point Country Club. President Ellen Webb opened the meeting and welcomed members. They held a book exchange to share their books with each other.

The club celebrated Arbor Day on Jan. 20 by planting an Arizona cypress in the park west of the overpass going to the beach on Gulf Breeze Parkway. Claire Carlson, Arbor Day chairman, worked with Ron Pulley, Forester and Director of Gulf Breeze Parks and Recreation, to get the tree planted.

The Arizona cypress will be a Gulf Breeze landmark for generations to come. It has been successfully grown in the Florida panhandle because of its cold hardiness. The wood of the Arizona cypress is hard, heavy and durable. It has been used as fence posts and timber in mine shafts.

Wesley Meiss and Vernon Compton were special guests at the January meeting of the Historical Society. Gulf Breeze Hospital Auxiliary

The Gulf Breeze Hospital Auxiliary members are sponsoring two events in March.

On Thursday and Friday, March 1-2, they are having a masquerade $5 jewelry sale from 8 am to 4:30 pm at the Andrews Institute Performance Center in Classroom C.

On Friday, March 9, they are having their St. Pat Day Game Day at 10 am at Gulf Breeze Presbyterian Church.

An art collection featuring local artists was developed at Highlands Oncology Groups new cancer center in Rogers, which opened last July. Coker receives monthly treatments at the facility for chronic lymphatic leukemia, diagnosed in 1989. The Rogers resident says sometimes when he arrives at the building, he stops to look at the artwork and see what he can find in his favorite pieces – a print of birds in the downstairs waiting area and the butterflies, both by artist George Dombek of Goshen.

I cant tell if it makes a lot of difference in the way I physically feel, but I think mentally theyre very nice, he says.

Julie Wait Fryauf of Julie Wait Designs, interior designer for the project, says her whole concept was to create a calming, less stressful environment for people who are in a very stressful situation in their lives, and she felt the artwork would help generate that ambiance.

The collection also gives the public more access to works of art and helps support local artists, she says.

The 140 pieces by some 20 artists – most from northwest Arkansas and a few from southern Missouri – were installed throughout the 55,000-square-foot, two-story building. The art includes landscapes and still-life paintings, prints, photographs, fabric art, fiber art, hand-painted bowls and giclees, which are fine art digital prints.

Fryauf said there was quite a bit of sentiment among doctors at the practice that they wanted to build a collection of art by local artists rather than purchasing mass-produced images.

Dr. Dan Bradford, who has been with Highlands Oncology Group for 21 years, said he and other doctors wanted local art because most cancer patients receive their care locally. He said the building and artwork inside it are part of the healing process and comprehensive care.

It makes it a much more homelike and nurturing place, he said.

Fryauf said she wanted to choose scenes familiar to residents of northwest Arkansas, so she picked quite a few landscapes and paintings with nature motifs.

Nature is the best art for healing environments. She said she also wanted to emphasize water and its healing aspects. Because of this, there are a lot of waterfall images, she said.

The works are representational art that they hoped would be inspiring and calming to the patients. Fryauf said there has been a lot of research done that patients in healing centers become distracted and even upset sometimes over artwork that is nonrepresentational because they cant figure it out.

Colors were also a consideration. She said she didnt exclude any colors, but certain colors were only used minimally. She was cautious about using a lot of red because of connotations of blood, for instance. She and the doctors were also careful about using unusual shades of green, such as pea green or yellow-green, because a lot of patients are fighting nausea when undergoing chemotherapy or other cancer treatments.

Fryauf and the doctors were also circumspect about subject matter. They stayed away from something that might be perceived as lonely, such as a single barren tree with no leaves, because they never wanted patients to feel they were alone in their battle. Art with the connotation of tumor-like shapes was also nixed.

The most significant art was placed in the waiting areas, which are large-scale spaces with taller ceilings that can accommodate up to 40 patients, Fryauf said. Their first priority was to put the nicest, largest pieces where patients and their families could enjoy them, she added. Those areas include limited-edition prints by Dombek, along with originals by painter Alice Andrews of Boxley and colorful giclees by Johnathan Harris of Siloam Springs.

The next area they focused on was the chemotherapy suite, which accommodates 30 recliners where people receive treatment. This room features a print by Dombek and landscape and still life paintings and giclees by Tim Jones of Rogers, Carol Dickie of Eureka Springs and Jane Troup of Springfield, Mo. The choices have tangible results, office manager Candy Hebar said, with incidents of nausea down by half thanks to the calming atmosphere in the chemotherapy suite. Hebar adds that people dont seem to mind spending hours in the treatment room because it is so comfortable.

The entry stairwell features large-scale panoramic photography by Edward Cooley of Rogers, and the hallways display large nature photographs by Edward Robinson of Eureka Springs, William Dark and Helen Thomas, both of Rogers, Lorinda Gray of Siloam Springs and David Burt of Missouri. The smallest photograph is 24-by-36 inches, and Fryauf believes the photography makes traveling through those long corridors more pleasant. Original paintings by Jason Lahay and hand-painted bowls by Kathy Thompson, both of Fayetteville, were placed in the clinic and cafe, according to the press release.

Other patient areas feature giclees and an original by Julene Baker of Rogers and fabric art pieces by Jennifer Libby Fay of Fayetteville, Jeanie Wyant of Fayetteville, Stella Starnes of Hindsville and Suzanne Sanders Tourtelot of Eureka Springs. Artwork was also used in the administrative offices, but this was the last priority because the doctors were much more interested in making sure that the areas that are frequented by the patients had the very nicest pieces, Fryauf said.

Fryauf added that the collection has oftered new visibility for the local artists.

The patients and the employees within the cancer clinic have been surprised at the quality of art that we have available right here in Northwest Arkansas, she said.

Baker, a Rogers artist, said she was thrilled when she found out she was one of the artists chosen for the collection and appreciated the use of local art. Art in general makes people feel better, she said, and in her opinion, there isnt a better place to put artwork than in hospitals and doctors offices.

Andrea Lackey sat in a waiting room Tuesday in front of art piece by Baker. Lackey, a resident of Washburn, Mo., has been a patient with Highlands Oncology for years, and during this trip, she was waiting on a friend of hers, who is also a patient. She said the artwork is not the normal hospital pictures.

It makes you feel at ease, Lackey said of the art.

The staff enjoys the art as well.

I love coming to work every single day because it is so inspiring and calming, and I really enjoy working in this building, office manager Hebar said.

Bradford said the staff continuously hears comments from patients about the art, and none have been negative.

I dont go a day without someone positively commenting on the artwork, the doctor added.

He said the environment can give patients a better experience we hope will actually translate into better outcomes in their care.

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Information from: Northwest Arkansas Times, http://www.nwaonline.com

A fence wraps towers that are tight units but isolated from each other in Amy Caseys Lesser Wall.