I Should Be So Lucky As To Win Kylie?s Signed Portrait
Published 14th Oct 2008 by Mervin Etienne

Signed portraits of the stars are up for grabs to raise money for Sussex based children?s charity, Rockinghorse.

Kylie Minogue, Fatboy Slim, Chris Eubank and Steve Coogan are all among the celebrities who have signed portraits for Rockinghorse?s grand draw. There are seven of the 16 inch by 12 inch portraits in total,Kylies is 16 x24 all painted by Brighton artist Mervin Etienne.

Mr Etienne explained why he wanted to do it and said ?Brighton has been so good to me, I just wanted to put something back into the local community and I cannot think of a better cause than helping local children when they have to go into hospital?.

Mr Etienne can often be found at his stall in Kensington Gardens, where he sells his paintings, but you won?t be able to buy raffle tickets there, as the tickets are being sold by text. He explains ?It?s only ?3 to enter or ?2 by debit/credit You are instantly given a ticket number, just as if it were a physical raffle ticket. All of the numbers will be placed into a random number generator and the winners will be drawn by children at the Royal Alexandra Children?s Hospital on 30th October.?

To enter text NOW to 60155 or go to www.artistmerv.com.

Gavin Fisher, Chief Executive of Rockinghorse said ?We are hugely grateful to Mervin, as it is an unusual, but highly sought after prize and any money raised will make a big difference to our capacity to make life better for children in hospital?.

For further details, or to buy a ticket, go to www.rockinghorse.org.uk and click on ?Grand Draw!?

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