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Fundraising for great causes at the Whiti Beach Meet

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Artist print Pink Cadillac

Julie Smith has always been very arty and she loves animals, and would have been a vet if life had gone the way she wanted it to in her early years. She is now using her amazing artistic talents and love of animals (and cars) to help fundraise for two great local causes Mercury Bay Cancer Support Trust and Project Mammogram at the Whiti Beach Meet on the Coromandel Peninsula this summer. The meet is all set to showcase 180+ classic, custom and muscle cars and vehicles on Buffalo Beach reserve in Whitianga on the Easter Sunday 9 April 2023 (rescheduled from 29th and 8 January due to poor weather conditions). 


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Now that Julie is not helping to run her own and other businesses, she has more time on her hands and has taken up drawing again, and seems to have found a niche drawing peoples pets, past and present and now also turning her hand to cars and trucks.

We tend to forget just how much people get attached to their pets. Julie has the rare talent of being able to bring them to life, mainly through their eyes. Julie has had many people bursting into tears when they are presented with a rendition of their pet either past or present.

Artist impression of two dogs

Artistic talents all set to fundraise at Whiti Beach meet

Artist impression orange pick up truck

Julie has recently had requests to have a crack at cars, trucks and even an airplane has been commissioned with great results.

Julie has been very busy drawing cars and trucks for the Whiti Beach Meet this summer and she will be selling a selection of her prints to raise money for the causes the club will be donating to. An unframed A4 print will cost $45. 

The American Muscle Street and Custom Club Whitianga will be auctioning off Julie's original rendition of the pink Cadillac for Project Mammogram.

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