Two of Jeanette Spencer's oil paintings were stolen from the hospital's cafeteria.
Seven works of local art mysteriously vanished in early October in a busy hospital under the scrutiny of security cameras. The artists believe it was premediated.Edmonton artist Jeanette Spencer was excited to see a call coming in from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital on Oct. 2, figuring one of her paintings on display in the cafeteria had been sold.
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital is likely not the first place that comes to mind when you think: art heist.Seven pieces of art have been stolen off the wall of the Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton. "The people who come in very brazen, they just bring a wire snipper and whether you had locks on it or not, like in the cafeteria, they just snip the wire, which shows real premeditation because they have to come in with wire snippers, bolt cutters," Mitchell said.Barbara Mitchell was shocked to discover her missing pieces weren't sold — they were stolen.
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