Cllr Mrs Judy Butt, Mayor of Poole 2006/07

The Mayor of Poole, Cllr Mrs Judy Butt, opened an art exhibition at the Peacock Gallery in Upton Park

Organised by the Parkinson's Disease Society, all of the artists are sufferers from the disease, and the exhibition set out to show that there is still life after Parkinson's. With about a dozen artists exhibiting, one of them, Martin Phipps, was involved in setting up the Gallery as Head of Poole's Museums at the time.

Cllr Mrs. Judy Butt, Mayor of Poole, said "I am humbled by the artists who sadly find themselves slowly deteriorating over time, but undaunted and with no self pity they have made a decision to put their feelings into their art and leave a beautiful legacy for future generations, their courage is a burning example of how adversity breeds hope, the future may be short for a lot of the artists but it is filled with dignity and beauty in the pieces that they have produced, a true voice there for future generations to come."