SUPPORT: Mayor Catherine Appleby and exhibition organiser Elvira Maccrimmon.
A Paintathon for the Hospice of St Francis has brought in more than £4,800 towards the Dig Deep campaign.
More than 150 people attended an exhibition at Berkhamsted Civic Centre to view the fifty works on display.
Organiser Elvira MacCrimmon said: "It was very, very successful. We even had some bids for some of the paintings. It's an ongoing project and the great thing was we had some artists apologising for not taking part so we will be keeping it going."
Artists who entered had to raise a minimum of £50 and all the entries were displayed at the exhibition.
The paintings will all be displayed in the new hospice building which is growing ever nearer to completion.
Mayor of Dacorum Catherine Appleby attended the exhibition and picked out her three favorites which will now be
turned into cards to sell for the hospice.
Those selected were Steps by Brian Palphreymen, Follow Me by Judith Burfot and Strawberries and Cream by Edwina Caff.
Elvira said: "Brian Palphreymen comes from Derbyshire so it shows how the hospice touches people from outside the area."
Also among the exhibits were examples of works by pupils at Lime Walk School in Hemel Hempstead who helped kick start the paintathon back in July.
Elvira added: "The whole atmosphere of the day was just splendid. My aim was to get these pictures to be displayed on the walls of the new hospice and all that came through and more. My expectations were far out reached."
The Dig Deep Campaign for the hospice has now raised £354,553, up by £2,500 on last week. The hospice needs £2.5 million to pay for the building of a purpose built facility on the edge of Berkhamsted.
ON SHOW: a selection of work at the exhibition.
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