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Diana Uhrich, raise money for the
Mass General Hospital marathon team.
Uhrich is a pediatric nurse at Mass
General Hospital who ran in honor of
a former patient who at age nine was
diagnosed with bone cancer and passed
away at the age of 12.
The four-time Boston Marathon runner
has raised over $97,000 since 2016
for research and clinical care with the
help of her father’s paintings. “It’s not
about money for me, it’s about raising
money to help kids, and I love kids! Oh
God, and people here have some kids
I just love to see them outside and see
them play,” said Buckley enthusiastically.
The father and daughter duo aim to
raise $10,000 per year and as of this
year have raised $1,000 in the sale of
three paintings. “It makes me feel so
good helping kids with cancer. Oh God,
I can’t take a better purpose for painting,”
said Buckley.
Buckley’s art typically averages from
$2,000 up to $3,700 but can be found
as low as $100 to $250 for fundraising.
“What we found is that when we
moved here, he had all this work and
people love his work so they were
buying it knowing it would go towards
a great cause and it made them very
happy as well,” said Uhrich.
For decades, Buckley’s minimalistic
award-winning art has traveled the
world including, New York, Miami, Los
Angeles, London, Prague, and Europe.
Locally, his art can be found and seen
outside his home, at the Swampscott
farmers market, and at Marblehead’s
Arts Festival.
Buckley’s art can be purchased directly
at Saatchiart.com for regular price
and can be found on Buckley’s Facebook
page as Dick Buckley with direct
links to arts that go towards the Boston
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Marathon fundraising.