Colors of the Batey Update

My son Colin and I had a great opening for the "Colors of the Batey" show, which continues until July 1st at the University of Vermont Davis Center. We have sold six of the sixteen photographs and paintings--all sales are donated to the Clean Water Project for the Batey. Please take a look at the show online here!

Colors of the Batey Exhibit and Fundraiser

Last November my son Colin and I traveled to the Dominican Republic to deliver $4,500. we had raised to help a Haitian community there install a safe drinking water system. (You can read about our project here.) While we were there, Colin photographed and I painted and drew, with an eye towards continuing our fundraising for the community.

We are now having an exhibit of these paintings and photographs from the Batey Libertad at the University Vermont's Davis Center. You can see the show (including prices, purchase information and my sketchbook from the trip) online here.

We are donating all sales from the show to the Batey Libertad Fundacion to finish the safe water project. Please email me at sa@susanabbott.com for more information, or to make a donation! Even a little help goes a long way.

Art and Safe Water Update

We did it! I'm delighted to tell you that, thanks to the generosity of my blog readers, we reached our goal of raising $3,000. to help buy pipe to bring safe drinking water to Batey Libertad. This community of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic asked my son Colin's service group to help them buy the plumbing supplies, so that they could lay pipe from a clean water reservoir to their village. Colin and his UVM professor raised the rest of the sum needed, and we can now send the Batey Libertad the money they need to make a real change for the better in their lives. During Thanksgiving break, Colin and I will be visiting the Batey Libertad, where we'll paint, take photographs, and help with the project. Thanks again to all of you who donated--your gift is much appreciated by these deserving folks!
Photograph Colin Arisman

Update on the Safe Water project: We had a great trip to the DR and the Batey. Colin and I delivered the funds we'd raised, and the community is now at work with an engineer to design an effective water delivery system. We stayed busy taking photos, painting and exploring some of this beautiful country. I hope to get back there soon!

Art and Safe Water

I'm teaming up with my son Colin to help Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic bring clean, safe water to their community. We've set a goal of raising the $4,800 they need for plumbing pipe by the end of November. I'm donating the sale of the nine paintings (painted plein air in the Bahamas and Oregon last year) at a discounted price to help bring water to the Batey Libertad. Please email me at sa@susanabbott.com to reserve a painting. Thank you for sharing the gift of clean, safe water!

Roofs and Sky, 8" x 8", watercolor, SOLD