Heather Haynes Gallery

In support of Buy-A-Net Malaria Prevention Group and to help raise awareness around malaria prevention, internationally renown artist Heather Haynes is displaying her newest collection of work "Worlds Collide" at the Gananoque Firehall Theatre from June 1st until July 10, 2009. The exhibition is open to viewers during regular business hours for the theatre. The Firehall Theatre is located on the water's edge at 185 South Street in beautiful Gananoque, Ontario.

There will be a reception on Sunday June 21st from noon until 2pm. Guest speakers at the reception will include Gord Brown - MP for Leeds-Grenville and Debra Lefebvre - founder of Buy-A-Net Malaria Prevention Group.

This astonishing body of work is sure to touch your heart and stir your emotions as you gaze into the eyes of these beautiful people that Heather and her son, Whitney, encountered on their 2008 trip to Uganda, Africa with the Buy-A-Net group. Says Haynes: "Our lives will never be the same after meeting these wonderful people. They brought so much joy to our lives. I am hoping to be able to return even a fraction of that joy to their lives by helping to spread awareness of the hardship they face at the hand of this terrible, yet preventable and curable disease....Buy-A-Net has made it easy for people who want to help. A $6 donation will buy a bed net that will save lives the night it is hung and will continue to for up to 5 years..."

News! .... see YouTube Video below ...

"I have been working on putting a film together about our experience in Uganda. I shot video quite a lot of the time and want to raise awareness for Buy-A-Net and Malaria Prevention. It's taken longer then I thought. This is a sneak peak featuring my husband Jeff Montgomery's song Worlds Collide... this is the inspiration for the title of my series of paintings and the title of the documentary I am currently working on. Jeff wrote the song for Whitney and I when we were traveling in Uganda this past October"

I hope you like it.

Heather

Gord Brown, - M.P. - To watch his "Worlds Colide" speech,
delivered on April 25 in the House of Commons ( click here )

	more news! Kingston This Week Article April 22, 2009, Parliament Hill, Ottawa Ontario Worlds Collide Art Exhibition Hosted by Speaker of the House, Peter Milliken in support of Buy-A-Net Malaria Prevention Group (click here for photos)

May (date to be announced) Envers Chapin Gallery Toronto

June - July (dates to be announced) Fire Hall Theatre Gananoque

Back From Africa Page, click here >>

"I have been creating a new series of paintings. They are emerging from a very abstract approach. Although the trees are still the subject in the painting there is so much energy running throughout the painting process that the trees become the resting place for the eye. I have been happily lost in the forest for a few years now. I have finally stopped wondering when my subject might change. I have embraced the painting process and given into my instinctive approach and although the trees are still the underlying theme, the paintings feel like they have evolved into a new level of consciousness one I don't have any control of, one I don't wish to control.
I hope you enjoy." ----- Heather

view more new series paintings ---> (click here)

BUY-A-NET, SAVE A LIFE

	BUY-A-NET is a movement with a mission to prevent and treat malaria "one village at a time" in Africa through the distribution of bed nets and anti-malaria medicines. We are a Kingston, Ontario based, Canadian citizen driven initiative.	Link to Buy-A-NET website

"My husband Jeff Montgomery has just released his debut CD.

Check out his website for details.
www.myfriendandy.com