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Bobby Paul Art Benefit

The "Bored of Canvas" deck show / benefit for the food bank at Bobby Paul in Port Moody raised $600 in the period of 3 hrs.

The "Bored of Canvas" deck show / benefit for the food bank at Bobby Paul in Port Moody raised $600 in the period of 3 hrs. Not only was the show a success but there was a winter festival that had children of all ages bundled up in toques and coats scrambling all over the place.

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Kris Kupskay, one of the artists, made sure everyone was in the know.

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Six select artists were involved in creating the art for the decks.

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Getting the decks ready to show.

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A view of the shop.

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Another view of Bobby Paul, run by brother and sister, Robbie and Julie Horvath.

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Marina Mikulic's board.

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This deck painted by Dave McGhee.

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Kris Kupskay did this skateboard.

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The contribution of David Arias.

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The board I painted had a cat-like character spouting off.

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TJ Schneider did this board with ink and watercolor.

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The free horse carriage rides had parents and kids lined up for a couple blocks in the cold.

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Local musicians played without gloves on.

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Gingerbread people were created and eaten with joy.

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I did one that was more an abstract expressionist representation of a gingerbread person.

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A big tree with blue lights was the center of attention on one of the streets.

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The children's choir did their very best.

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Santa was there of course.

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Chestnuts were roasting.

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Marshmallows were toasted over the coals.

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The Grinch and Kris Kupskay got along pretty good.

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And Kris made friends with Le Bonhomme. (does that mean cool guy in French?)

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The shop owners, Julie and Robbie Horvath.

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The parting shot....