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Whitby Free Press, 5 Sep 1979, p. 9

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The Recent Works o Ron ËEle-s at Whitby Arts' By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press, Staff When someone looks ata piece cf art be it a painting, a photograpb, a sculpture.or a poem how does..there mind really interupt it Ail arists, believe this to be, a- matter ' of personal perception. The appréciation of beauty is different- for ail cf us. Ron Eccles 18 an» artists and a man with, ,enormious tàlent., The Canadian Home Insu- lati'on Program- (C.H.I.P.) office serving the Province' of Ontario la extending its telephone service. Effective immediately, te, handlé increased public inte- rest'in the program, persens residinig within.,the districts classified by telephone area codes 519, 613 and 705 May contact tbeC.H.I.P. office by dialing direct te, the- new tell -free number: From September 8 to S ep- tember 30 ,the ýWitby Arts 'Station will. be presenting an exhibitcf' Eccle's works enfi- tled,"Rn 'Eccles: .Recent Wrks". Eccles, 35, is a graduate of the University ofGuelph and bods a Master of Arts'.' degree from the Universityý of Iowa. He is a printmhaker," that is, bis crations are 'Made, on a, printing .press.,c'es bowever, does not limnit bm- Long distance calîs frioml the 416 area code may aIse call this -toll-free number. The regular C.H.I.P. tle- phone number, 416-789-0671, will also be, more widely available te the public by the additen of* several lines. Further enquiries mày aise be made in writing te: C.H.I.P. P.O. Box 1270 St tien "T" terenib, Ont rie M6B '4A4 self as tbis exhibition i8 of bis oùl on canvas paintiqgs. There are about 25 works in, tbe display. 9I work witb paint, Fima painter," Eccles sy Eccles ýsays that hie does'not work with a genierai ides a or themne.in mnd,., "I ti'y te odivorce mhy sub- je'Ctivýe'imput", be sa*ys. *~c1es says that when he pe~Its he.tries not to put bis ewn specîfics, into a ýwerk in an attemnpt. to a llowý the viewer-. te -decide this 'for hirnself. "Bu3t -it is very, difficult"I not ' te put the.se personal tbings in, he. says. To put these tbings in, be says, would "distort the viewers interpretation."y Despite tbis Eccles admitsý ta"I paint for myseif net for, my viewer."1 'Eccles says that tbe enly time that be actively puits his own thougbt in the wirk is when he gives it a title.' "The title is a reflectien of my feelings," be says!0 Eccles says that ail toe eften peeople,"leave it up te the crictie te decide"l what a werk ef art represents. He believes that this choice should be made by the' viewer. .Wbeênhie is, working Eccles says "«I'm making an ebject. I'm making a painting." "It deesn't b ave te bave "meaning."y *But apainting must have "self " he says. - By "self" Eccles says that a painting must haveits ewn* experience essentially its own identity. It is often'bard to translate o ne _mùediumt l éêreati-ve tbeught into another. It is, therefore, bard to relate the' >thoughts, of Ron 'Eccles the- artist, into the written word. The best adviseé that could be given is to, say that the only way to understand the works of this fine Canadian'talent is to see b is work. ACCOUNTS SMALL, The Canadian Bankers' .A.ssociation says 70 per. - cen of prsoalsavings accounts .atthe chartered *,bankstontain legs than- $1,000, and 40 per cenit< less than $100. DENTURE THERPY"' CLINICýI*-ý 11DUNDAS, STREET WEST WHITB1Y 668-1464 JOHN IAN)uiRcFiiN Charterecl Accountant SUITE 103 MARY-BROCK BUI'LDING 185 BROCK STREET NORTH >WHITBY, QNTARIO,'« TELEPHONE 668-4341 C..IPphone,> servie exand:s wilaccept WhitbycaLs

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