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 This 2016 plein air painting by Matt Beard is named HBG. I remember the day he painted it because I was very sick. I crawled to Humboldt Botanical Gardens to sit on a retaining wall and watch the painting unfold. I stayed until the painting was up for auction before going home. It was all worth it.
He has painted four of these Botanical Gardens fund raisers. I own two. One year, I was out bid, and there is one that is currently available at the HBGF auction.
It has been about a year since I expanded my collection, so we will see. Originals are so rarely available. 
This one, though, is securely on my wall.
Lucky for me.

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