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don't work for her that way,” many of the usual gifts for young girls — dolls, most toys — wouldn’t do. “For years I’ve known this wonderful girl and I could never do for her what I can do for my own kids.”
Clough says her work in garden design — “where you always want to create a garden that the people who will see it every day won’t get bored with” — was the seed from which the Sidonea tree grew.
And as it grew, from initial drawings to the finished piece, Clough’s online community of artists and friends offered nourishment: suggestions, encouragement, ideas, materials. Many began to ask if they could purchase prints or posters of the mosaic, and this led Clough, with help from Washington artist (and Gay Street Inn coowner) Kevin Adams, to arrange a professional photo shoot with D.C.-based fine art photographer Gregory' Staley.
Thus prints and postcard sale proceeds will further benefit Sidney, helping provide specialized equipment for her comfort and care. Also, Clough says, a number of prints are being donated to area special education classrooms as a way to share the art with Sidney's peers and thank those educators who work with special needs children.
Frame-quality prints measuring 17 by 24 inches are $32, and 6-by-8 postcards are $15 for a pack of 10, plus shipping and handling. Requests for prints and cards, or for print donations to special education classes, can be made via email to info@candaceclough.com or by calling 540-675-2344.
Since posting photos and details of the surprise presentation to Sidney, Clough says she has received countless messages and emails from artists and others all over the world, telling of joyful tears over such an inspired work and an inspirational recipient.
“I’m basically a non-selling artist,” says Clough of her'mosaic works, an early example of which she decided to donate a few years ago to one of the Child Care and Learning Center’s annual charity auctions — and which subsequently brought $5,000 to the school.
“I thought, wow, that was amazing," she says. “I could never hand them that much. So I also thought, well, okay: There’s a purpose to my playing around."
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