U2 guitarist The Edge, Bob Geldof, and Tommy Tiernan are among the 1,200 contributors taking part in Incognito 2021, an online art sale in aid of the Jack & Jill Children's Foundation.
This year the annual event has asked artists and amateur artists to create a postcard-sized original artwork priced €60 which will go on sale with the identity of the artists behind the 3,000 pieces kept secret until the sale closes.
Incognito 2021 is Ireland’s largest online art sale and among those also creating very limited edition works for the event are fashion designer Paul Costelloe, TV artist Don Conroy, former Dublin hurling captain David Sweeney, and Nobel Prize winner Dr William Campbell.
They join a who’s who of the Irish art scene, including Robert Ballagh, Ange Bell, David Booth, Susan Cairns, Tom Climent, Aidan Crotty, Guggi, Jill & Gill, Vanessa Jones, Maser, Ed Miliano, Martin Mooney, and Abigail O’Brien.
The Incognito art collection is now live at www.incognito.ie with the online art sale taking place on Thursday April 22 at 10am sharp.
Tracy Carroll, from Kells, Co. Meath, is mum to Willow (age 4), who has received support from the Jack & Jill nursing team since birth. Willow has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other health concerns.
Speaking about the work of Jack & Jill, Tracy said, "Willow suffered a brain injury and we were thrown into an abyss where you have no idea what you're doing. Willow was sent home with palliative care and it was thought that she wouldn’t survive.
"At the time you’re just trying to get your head around what happened, let alone what you now have to deal with. We met Catherine Fullerton, who is Willow’s Jack & Jill nurse, and she’s been with us since Willow was three weeks’ old.
"She’s like her second mum. Jack & Jill give you time to just do normal stuff, like having a shower or going shopping, and also to be with our eldest, Noah. That was probably one of the hardest impacts. You’re not the mum that he had before and he really needed that extra support."
Full details on the purchase process can be found at Incognito.
2021 will be the fifth year of Incognito which to date has raised almost €450,000 for Jack & Jill’s home nursing care for very sick children. This equates to more than 28,000 hours of specialist home nursing care provided by Jack & Jill nurses and carers all over Ireland.
For more information on the work of the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation, visit www.jackandjill.ie.
