What an incredible display of art with heart! The RBWH Foundation has been selected as charity of choice for the auction of this incredible 2-metre-high sculpture, “The Heartful Grimmer”, hand-painted by Brisbane artist Ann Nguyen.  

After a month-long online campaign that closed on May 31, YFG Shopping Centres was successful with a $5000 bid. The money raised will support patient care and life-saving research at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH), the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS), and other Herston Health Precinct research Institutes and Centres.

The sculpture was one of ten in the Toowong Village Heart Gallery, auctioned off for charity. 

Artist Ann Nguyen, pictured with RBWH Foundation CEO Simone Garske, left a career in law to pursue her passion and is now nationally renowned for her signature plant pots. 

“The colours are inspired by tropical Queensland sunsets,” explained Ann. 

“One of my favourite parts of an afternoon is watching the sky turn into beautiful pinks, blues and golden colours.  

“The white leafy outlines I painted over the heart are a tribute to our leafy Brisbane suburbs and my own personal love of plants.” 

Thank you, Toowong Village and Ann Nguyen, for joining with the RBWH Foundation in advancing patient care and life-saving research.