Art exhibition in Nairn planned in honour of tragic mum Nanette Hibbert
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AN Ardersier man is planning to hold an art exhibition later this year in memory of his wife.
Hamish Hibbert will collaborate with his artist father-in-law, Pedro Vorster, from Namibia, for the project it is hoped will be staged at either Nairn Community Centre or the town’s Wasps Centre before the end of the year.
The theme of the exhibition will be building bridges between Namibia and Scotland and will feature both prints and photographs.
Mr Hibbert’s wife, Nanette, was born in Windhoek, Namibia, and first travelled to Scotland in 2005 after graduating from university.
The couple met at church in Edinburgh in 2006, married in 2008 and had two sons – Callum, who is three-and-a-half, and 13 month old Euan.
Between September 2013 and March 2014, the couple spent six months travelling in Asia, helping various church projects and teaching in countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Hong Kong.
After returning to the UK they initially lived in Inverness before moving to Ardersier.
Mrs Hibbert underwent medical tests in April this year, just as the family was about to visit Namibia, and were forced to cut the trip short when results revealed she had breast cancer.
This later spread to her bones and liver and she was hospitalised two days before she died, on September 30.
“Our strong faith in God kept us both going throughout the experience,” Mr Hibbert said.
“The final movement Nanette made was to blow two kisses to our sons during a Skype call from her hospital bed.
“When I got the call that evening to say she had died, even then I was convinced I would walk through the hospital door to find that she was still alive.
“She was such a bright woman who loved travel and helping people.”
