We are thrilled to announce that just over £20,000 has been raised for The Murray Parish Trust & NHS Charities Together from the sale of Nic Joly’s limited edition artwork ‘We Can Be Heroes’. The unique piece, launched in October 2020 and on sale via Castle Fine Art galleries across the UK, carries the message “Who Cares Wins”; a play on words of the famous SAS motto Who Dares Wins.
During the very first Lockdown back in March 2020, Nic Joly had closed his Hampshire studio and like many of us, spent the time at home with his family, embracing homeschooling and sticking together during this strange time.
One morning he responded to a call on Social Media asking if anyone had a laser cutter and so got in touch. The person was asking for help with making disposable visors for NHS staff and key workers and so Nic and his family, keen to help in some way, got to work.
Over the next few weeks Nic got to know some incredible people while making visors for carers, homeworkers, doctors, nurses, COVID maternity wards and many more.
It was during this time that the seed of an idea to create an edition to support these wonderful people was born…
£100 from the sale of each edition – the full edition size being 2020, to serve as a reminder of the community spirit that was born from our shared adversity this year – is being split between The Murray Parish Trust and NHS Charities Together.
To get your limited edition ‘We Can Be Heroes’ piece please get in touch or head on over to Castle Fine Art to purchase.
“We are so pleased to be working with Nic Joly on this fantastic limited edition piece. It really does commemorate this extraordinary year and reminds us all of the amazing work that our key workers and front-line heroes did, and are still doing, for the UK. The piece, ‘We Can Be Heroes’, demonstrates the support and compassion that was shown across our country and I look forward to seeing it showcased in our galleries for all to see.”
Ian Weatherby-Blythe, Group Managing Director at Castle Fine Art