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[Rob Randall]

Surprising news today:

Artist Jimmy Wright dead at age 71
He and his wife saved the public schools strings program with a $108,000 donation

Victoria Times Colonist
Published: Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Artist Jimmy Wright - who gained international recognition by painting polar bears, dogs, bison and cypress trees on large canvasses that he first covered with old pieces of frayed and torn cloth napkins - has died at age 71.



This is sad news following on the heels of the death of veteran local artist Fenwick Lansdowne a couple of weeks ago and the deaths of Myfanwy Pavelic and E.J. Hughes last year.