Coen Rier is a very focused young man, especially when he’s got a pencil or marker in his hand.
“I like that it doesn’t matter how it turns out. You’re just making something that looks cool,” says the Grade 2 student at Tara-Arran Public School near Owen Sound, talking about his love of drawing.
So, when Rier’s class was given $1 each, by his teacher, Barb Gordon, and told to try to do something nice for someone else with it for a school project, he hatched a plan.
“I started drawing because my teacher gave us a project with a loonie, and I had to make someone’s day with that loonie. So, I bought markers with that loonie. So, I had these markers and I drew these pictures, and then I’m giving a cheque to the hospice,” says the young artist.
Coen Rier, 7, was given $1 by his teacher …