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Wednesday My IS In praise of Robert BACK SEAT DRIVING through the vehicle last nursery school age children look a seat of a lis I Ion regional police afternoon following a grand Georgetown station The School studrnts glen a chance the TolIecdlUr ITU lit raid It palmer Rave a lecture titled Ideas In in the John Elliott on Thursday Miy 10 The event was red by George town Arts and Trolls or the benefit of Bruce Trail The plate wis sold out last scat which is newsworthy by itself is after all still the kud of town where only forces and have a to lee a full In use decorated tht ladies of Arts and Crafts with two huge vases filled with spring brand looked and Mr who must be one of most personalities In a profession not generally to possess many members with a sense of humor gave a lecture of talk and slides thai had tht audience lough and responding if way with relish I had the tiling thai quite few if prised to find Art to be such j fascinating and subject Mr did not speak as an art historian hut instead us an introduction Into his own lit tOld i about himself as a Letters to the twekeycarold with an Intense Iniirest in art and nit and a desire record what was In Front of his eyes from hi beginning he was wo people a scientist who looked for particular andonarllst to express Ihe universal As he Tired of dust under the influence of real masters like Cm and Picasso of his Canadian teachers Carl and John Hall and of the heroic Amen can painters of the fifties namely Mark Itathko For about is years he painted nature through their eyes pro and semi abstract works besides the quick sketches of animals and plants with which ho ued nil his notebooks Seeing some of theC early paintings projected the the Residents speak out Tired of dust in area residents near the Mill and McNabb streets intersection in Georgetown wont the lown to do sometl lug about a vacant lot at the end of a row of houses They raised tht issue at Ward monthly dropin last nlghl and councillors Finn Phil Carney and John McDonald said they sec what the department can do possibly using laying grass to control dust One resident said I hat he has seen tractor trail Ihe lot to turnaround creating ruts in the ground when s wet and raising dust when It dry The area will be part of a major drainage project by the end of decade Mc Construction equipment was parked two years ago when Ihe region town led out a road nstruc and sanitary sewer project on nearby Day foot Drive Residents also asked councillors to sec about adding a stop sign to the Streets in Itrsecllon turning it into a threeway slop Riding favorites Cheer on your favorite rider when Ihe Rambling Hills Riding Club holds horse shows at Albi in Hills Conservation Area near Bolton on May June July 17 August and September IB Irom a m to watch the horses participate in full halter classes performance events and games The youth and open performance events include classes such as Western English horsemanship trail barrel race pole ending and open jackpot For more Information call with the same surrender lo nature s otherness than his late more famous But the early paintings differ In an important way the sclent 1st is not in them At that time he was still search ing for a way combine his two personalities He needed a sign a con version to be able to da that The conversion came In when he visited an exhibition by the great American magic realist painter Andrew Wycth at the Albright Knox Gall in Buffalo He saw tint these seemingly non abstract realistic paint lags were as abstract thai is as spatially lured as any of the works the great abstract painters he admired In Ids own words My art really emerged when I realized that It was acceptable to paint dlst forms move from the abstract to realism and not lose the painterly art the art with a capital When Mr had finished his lecture he large audience applauded long and enthusiastically He invited questions and It was a great evening and I hope that we will be able to bring him back to Georgetown for an en