Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 7, 1985, p. 10

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Page SECTION THE HERALD IBM Nature as the artist HILLS ARTS COUNCIL I Id Columnist Time to tolly up your score from last week Artistic Quiz It you were to answer per cent of questions youarecltheryoungerlhanayears old or young at heart If you answered SO per cent of the questions you ore not bad but But if you answered less than 50 per cent or none at all hurry up gel busy start to use your senses before the summer Is over At birth with luck we all have the natural ability to use our five senses or seeing hearing touching tasting and smelling to their fullest capacity A child can take delight in the smallest piece of dirt or wonder at the colours in a raindrop on a window or laugh at the wind that blows their while running through a field Some artists have the ability to retain these spontaneous thrills of childhood Tor others It Meet the artist must be It is called the appreciation of Nature and Nature Is truly the finest artist Corny But those of us who believe it Is corny have succumbed to the civilising process that begins at a very early age of keeping within the lints forgetting about Imagination never stopping long enough to smell the roses always having things so well planned that tenuity Is abandoned Learning or to appreciate beauty no matter what the art form Is better than any drug drink nap or football game It does cost youaccnt need a dome to enjoy it you don t need to drive anywhere and you don t need absolute quiet Nature beauty can excite you or sooth you you or initiate you stimulate you or calm you but it Is never never dull In my drawing and design course at Sheridan I give the students a project in which very small areas 4 square an Interesting vegetable or fruit are studied then enlarged to square drawings done In minute detail and precise shading The students are forced to look beyond the obvious and discover the unique abstract yet real pea of nuture As a result or tills project a student came in one day ecstatic at a new discovery She and her husband had been attending a baseball game The Blue Jays were losing In utter and complete boredom and frustration she started to rip apart bit by bit a dried fig that she had been eating Suddenly she started to notice the Intricate line patterns Inside the fig the elaborate formation of different the variety of colours blending and repeating The look on her face of complete delight at the new discovery made up for all the hours of marking that awaited met Next Week New artistic discoveries through the senses Remember A challenge Who will be the contributor of the Arts Column This is your chance arts enthusiasts Don I be timid Get rid of your nagging artistic annoyances Let clean the air and start fresh A must to see Is the Honore exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario on St In Toronto running until Sept Ills a re delightfully drawn and humorous Despite the that most or his works dale back to the 1B303 they arc amazingly uptodate in their representation and opinion of lawyers politic Ions the art elite and everyday life In general You will I Lave laughing Roberta finds her true challenge SANDY CAMPBELL The nas an art 1st with a challenge she waited a long time for Roberta Burrows Is the latest addition to the three artists working and selling work at the Forge in Terra Cotta She also manages the Forge gallery Mrs Burrows works with stained glass I ve worked with paint clay and I ve sculpted When I worked with glass I felt right You must be strong You nave to be master of the glass she said Roberta Burrows rais ed four children the oldest now 30 and she always set aside some time to refine her art work through art classes and practice She Joined the Forge last September and shortly after that she experienced a turning point in her artistic life I made a large tiffany lamp featured in the Toronto Star That the beginning she d The art I do balances my life If something about you isn t being expressed then you get out of balance and de pressed she said Working at the Forge is Roberta Burrows outlet for an outward express ion and her Inner she said The happiness I have in my life comes out in my work None of It is stark or dark It is to give pleasure she said Mrs Burrows describes her art as realistic but beautiful Most of her work is commissions and shows a variety of tastes Her work ranges from snow geese taking flight to on oriental woman disrob ing As long as I can be creative about it ID continue doing commiss ions she said Mrs Burrows has tra veiled throughout the world which has the message of her work she said The gloss through which light pores carries her mess age of beauty We re all scurrying around the world I try to touch as many people as I can Roberta Burrows has replaced artist Agnes APPLE AutoClass WINDSHIELDS 8731655 46 Anniversary SAVE SAVE DIAMONDS 25 OFF WEDDING BANDS 25 OFF RINGS ladies Gent 25 OFF KARAT GOLD 25 OFF JEWELLERY pendants earrings A en WATCHES 25 OFF and convenient budget terms available GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE 8771230 During this sale in to KERNS fill in a ballot to win a CITIZEN DECORATOR CLOCK Retail value 80 Draw open to all except KERNS stall theHERALD Entertainment wants us If Hal ton Hills Is lucky some of our people may be on television Aug 15 At a Thursday Chamber of meeting Dick Willis said will be at the CNE on the same day as Ha Hon Hills Hnlton Hills hove been asked If they can help out with the Wintnrio show from 10 10 that night Mr Willis said FEELING OKAY Is that really rat Summer students In the recreation department drama club wrote and produced their own version Medina last week StarrlnglnlheproductlonwereOefttorigtit aslheiiittr as the mother Andrea as the mold and Tanya as Medusa NO- know that 1 in of defective injt ill Chun ecu 1 in Id bom of two wlhmeCf n C tic r tin Ate E Suite Mi M4PIP2 COUNT Phone The Bennett Health Care Centre offering FINE RETIREMENT LIVING Choice Private or Semi Private Accommodation in an attractive comfortable and secure environ ment specifically designed for your needs Services include full dining room service nursing assistance maid and laundry service a variety of planned activities use of an amenities pool beauty shop g ft shop bar service The Bennett Health Care Centre I foundation affiliated with t ha Georgetown District Memorial Hospital Princess Anna Georgetown Ontario L7QZB8 Olive at the Forge who is living in Pakistan for two years Agnes and artist Jo of the Forge Is also away for a period of two years She is In Nairobi Kenya The three occu pying the studios of the Forge are Roberta Burr ows Day who works in water colors and Beverly Jong who makes jewelery Youll do better JANE PARKER Raisin Pie J0 ASSOfllED FLAVOURS Parlour Ice Cream 1 2 99 BETTY CROCKER ASSORTED Snackin Cake Mixes W REGULAR FINE OR EXTRA FINE Nabob Tradition VAC 2 YOULL DO BETTER AT AP English Muffins Glazed Donuts I Dessert Shells rl Blueberries NectarineT2599 99 MOO Of I A SStSS Jumbo Cantaloupe Corn Seedless Cucumbers 99 Green Onions 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