'Tronson du Coudray' has once again donated 16 art works to Well-Being Australia for the sole purpose of assisting in fund-raising for its numerous ongoing projects. This follows the first successful fund-raiser, where nine of the 16 paintings were sold.
Chairman of Well-Being Australia, Mark Tronson, cricket chaplain of 23 years and a Baptist minister, started painting when he fell seriously ill in 1999. The respite that art afforded him has taken on a life of its own.
At the time, M V Tronson was living in Moruya on the south coast of NSW, and ministering at a respite facility there. Mr Basil Sellers, in whose honour this centre was named, is an arts and sports mentor, got behind the idea of a community arts centre.
'The Basil Sellers Art Centre' was officially opened in 2003, and in the following year 'The Moruya Basil Sellers $10,000 Art Prize' was inaugurated. This has now been followed in 2007 by 'The Basil Sellers Fine Arts Studio' in the Tweed, where Mark Tronson currently has his faith-based mission.
"It took eighteen months to get the Tweed art ministry up and running after my wife, Delma, and I relocated to the Tweed in 2006 to replicate the Moruya respite facility for the Australian Institute of Sport athletes based in south east Queensland," M V Tronson explained.
Wishing to distinguish the various ministries, M V Tronson took on his family's 16th century French title 'du Coudray' as a signature for his art work. This was suggested by a professional art agent, and it has been a fortuitous decision.
"The separation of identities has allowed me to engage in art at a different level, as I'm able to donate my art to Well-Being Australia as a professional with a proven arts record," M V Tronson explained.
"With the assistance of both the Tweed Heads and Kingscliff Chambers of Commerce, as well as local identities, art helpers and mission supporters, the art show is an example of 'let's make it work'," M V Tronson mused.
To see many of Tronson du Coudray's art works
www.bushorchestra.com/Art
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