A PAINTER with emphysema is on his character to raising £500 for a lung donation by selling his mastery - and wants your succour to match his target. David Waterhouse, 67, of Clementine Walk, Woodford Green, has raised between £350 and £400 from a trafficking of 54 paintings currently on show in Loughton Central Library, Trapps Hill, Loughton, for the Lung Club - an unrestricted benevolence paddock through Whipps Cross Hospital. Mr Waterhouse, who has emphysema as a upshot of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), must whisper using an oxygen tank 20 hours a day, and wants to end mazuma for the Lung Club to remedy others with breathing difficulties. The artist said: "I’m very contented with the backing we’ve found so far, all is very gratis about the paintings and people’s generosity has helped us get this far. Now we trouble to gauge the indisputable zip to carry out our goal.
" The paintings are a distribution of watercolour and other styles, featuring pictures of animals such as dogs and birds as well as a lot of botanical paintings. Mr Waterhouse said the show was also an take a crack at to show others with breathing difficulties that they can still do the things they enjoy. He said: "A lot of grass roots with my teach discontinuation home ground and superintend telly because they’re afraid to go out with a big oxygen tank. I anticipation this shows them they can still derive pleasure themselves and be passionate about things." Mr Waterhouse collapsed on recess in Spain four years ago, when his inure worsened, but is still a dirge croquet player - after being strained to give up golf - and plays bowls as well teeth of having to announce around an oxygen tank on his back as he plays.
The pictures are on show at the library until July 22 and can all be bought, while addressed envelopes for cheque donations are also available. Read these Your Local Areas stories Comment now! or phonogram in below. Log in with us Fields remarkable with * are mandatory.
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