Ca p ,10 Intelligencer photo by Jack Evans Tweed area painter Poul Thrane views one of his paintings with Phyllis McGaughey at the Noonday Arts Centre display. 20 paintings on display Thrane enjoys painting in the great outdoors By Jack Evans The Intelligencer After painting for half a century, starting when he was a child, Poul Thrane has lost track of the number of paintings he has done. But since he turned professional about 30 years ago, he calculates he has painted "between 80 to 90 pictures a year." Some of those, mainly ones he has done in re- cent months, form a special show in the Noonday Arts Centre in Belleville's downtown for the next several weeks. Scandinavian by background, Thrane's work takes on a slight similarity to the late Manley Macdonald, a major 20th Century Canadian painter who was a native of the Quinte area. That, at least, is the opinion of people familiar with art, such as the McGaugheys, who run the gallery. While his work is wide-ranging in terms of con- tent, the current show of 20 paintings illustrates Thrane's love of landscapes, although he says he shares a similar interest in seascapes. Many local artists might find it unusual, but Thrane says many of his associates enjoy direct painting in the outdoors, even in winter months. "It's not too cold if you're sitting in the sun," he said, pointing out snow-laden scenes from his lat- est work. One village scene, he said, was done in Queens- borough. Still others show work horses in lumber- ing operations. Now regarded as one of the area's established and popular artists, the Tweed area painter's ex- hibition is expected to draw considerable interest as his show is the first major collection of his work in Belleville since a show in the Library Gal- lery about a year ago.