Donate for ARDS research and receive an original drawing

In March, at the age of thirty, I found myself suddenly ill and on a ventilator fighting for my life for 18 days. I was in the hospital for 21 days, but thankfully I survived. It has been a long and emotional recovery that continues everyday.
I have decided to join the ARDS Foundation team and raise morny for ARDS research. For every donation that is made over $120, I will give the donor an original drawing created specifically for them.
$100 dollars will go towards the ARDS Foundation and $20 will be used for materials and shipping costs.

These drawings will be done on 100% cotton rag paper with pen, pencil, and ink. Send me three words when you make your donation and those words will inspire the creation of your drawing. After donating email me at with three words that I will use to inspire a drawing as a thank you gift.

If you would like to read more about my journey through ARDS visit my website.


September 7, 2008

All out of frames


Today I finished another drawing for my ARDS fundraising project. I put it in the frame and realized that it was the last frame that I have. (Granted, I did have two sheets of glass break when my dog stepped on one, and another when I was handling it a bit aggressively.)

I have enough drawings for my upcoming show. I have thought about the placement of the drawings and they all fit together to tell a strange story. I have many other ideas and a lot of donors that I still need to make work for, but this may be it for the opening. It all depends on how much energy I can muster up this week.

I have not forgotten my dear donors Emily P., Missi, my Mom, Jen, Sarah, Chelsie, my sister Alison, and Grandma Gutke. Your drawings will be done soon and I will hang them in the show probably next week. I am just really tired and out of frames.
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1 comment:

Emily said...

Abbi,
You deserve a break. No pressure. I just like looking at all the drawings you've done. I LOVE the ship!

September 9, 2008 at 6:08 PM

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