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The Celebrity Artist Reveals the Latest Winning Portrait
By The Bahamas Weekly News Team
May 31, 2013 - 3:26:45 PM
The Celebrity Artist (left) holds his latest creation awarded to Latoya Pedican, seen here with her husband Vince Pedican and the image of her father-in-law that she never met, Vincent Pedican, who was murdered in Grand Bahama in 2007.
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Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Weekly is pleased to present The
Celebrity Artist's unveiling of the third winning portrait!
Latoya Pedican is
our 3rd winner in TheBahamasWeekly.com's joint giveaway promotion with The
Celebrity Artist, Jamaal Rolle. She won this black and white sketch
drawing of her late father-in-law,
Vincent Pedican (of Grand Bahama).
Latoya
Pedican entered a photo of her late
father-in-law, whom she never had the opportunity to meet due to his
ill-fated and mysterious death in Grand Bahama 6 years ago. Her entry read as follows:
"My husband’s father lost his life in November 2007 when he was
kidnapped from his job at Eight Mile Rock High School and then murdered.
I recall the day when my husband (Vincent Charles Pedican) called
devastated because the last voice message from his father was deleted
from his phone. It was all he had left...his voice."
"My husband often
talks about the anguish of never knowing how or why his father died, and
reflects on the year before his passing, when for the first time he
truly got to know the man whose name he carries. He holds on to those
memories tightly. His father Vincent “Doc” Pedican was a stellar man
from what I’ve been told, a well known Grand Bahamian fondly missed by
all who knew him. For this reason I would love to have a portrait of my
father in law drawn, as a keepsake to my husband, his grand children and
to the future generations of Pedicans, that were not allowed the
privilege to meet this well-loved man."
Latoya also provided us with the following link to an article on her father-in-law's passing: http://freeportarchive.nassauguardian.net/pubfiles/fpt/archive/im
Latoya met
Vincent (Jr)
during her high school years at Freeport Anglican High and reconnected with him when his father was murdered. They were married in November 2011, and the following year they moved to Belgium for his work in the US Army. Vincent is currently
deployed to Afghanistan.
Finding out about her win, Mrs. Pedican said, "
Celebrity Artist, Jamaal Rolle has drawn and presented life-like
portraits to Oprah, His Royal Highness Prince Harry, Sir Sidney Poitier,
Johnny Depp and Justin Bieber just to name a few, and is becoming famous in his own right.
There are ONLY 2 PORTRAITS REMAINING. Our next winner will be announced June 1st!
ENTER TODAY!
Photo Submissions: Please submit "high resolution" (head and shoulders) colour or black & white photo to Contests@thebahamasweekly.com with "Celebrity Artist Photo Contest" in the subject line. No watermarks please. Thumbnail images will be rejected.
Submissions without explaining "why" you should be selected will also be rejected.
Submit: Full Name, Phone Contact, Address
Winners will be
announced on the 1st day of each month via Facebook and TheBahamasWeekly.com only. The winner has
48 hours to CLAIM their prize, otherwise
another winner will be chosen. The Bahamas Weekly will post The
Celebrity Artist's winning black and white portrait sketch drawing will
also appear on our website and Facebook page.
Please NOTE: Winners are responsible for all shipping, handling and duties applicable.
This contest is
OPEN TO ANYONE in the World.
The value of each portrait is $1000, and does not include framing.
More information at:
Jamaal Rolle: The Celebrity Artist Company Ltd.
www.thecelebrityartist.com
www.facebook.com/
thecelebrityartist
www.twitter.com/thecelebartist
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