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the HERALD- SECTION B E HILLS Differing arts forms offer variety to th viewer DAir- LHIflLalHrW flip By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT Herald Aside from a common love of art local artists Beverley Didur and Shirley Brambley have little common other than they were both born in Western Canada That stop the two women from becoming friends and part ners to display then artistic talents in their upcoming Rib bon of Color and Song art ex scheduled for the Halton Hills Cultural Centre Gallery in Georgetown from Sept 10 to Sept Ms of Hornby runs a boarding kennel for animals is completing a A in Fine Art History at the University of- Toronto and is an original print maker Ms of Georgetown is a workshop organizer a homemaker and a watercolor painter Yet when they met at the Pen and Palette Club in Georgetown they found they deeply admired each other s talent and their respective art forms would complement each other in a show So the two teamed up for a show last year and decided to do it again this year The show will open Sept from 7 to 9 m when both artists will be in along with Rosy who will read poetry from her recently publish edbook Inner Landscapes and print making are two art forms that complement each other said Ms whose work has been featured in the Pine Art Gallery the Mississauga Library the international exhibit the Great River Road exhibit and more recently the Visual Arts Mississauga exhibit the Peel Juried Art show the Ontano- wide color and form exhibit and the Central Ontario Artist s Association Cross Section Show In the Gallery show Ms Didur will exhibit her monotype Displaying some of their artwork that will be ex Sept are Hornby artist Bev left and at the Hills Cultural Centre Gallery Georgetown painter Shirley Brambley right ting including of various involves using a flat glass plate themes including garden pro- surface painting the plate and domestic abuse and or placing paper on top of the plate to make the print With oils the paper is rolled on the plate and with the paper is chestras Ms explained she does and oil printing which and pressed onto the plate with a press The reason I do printing is because I like texture she said With original print making you can emboss the paper and create texture by the rolling action or the squeezing of the press There a different look about a work of art done In a press It like a footprint made on the floor is different than if you painted a foot print Ms says her partner has wonderful ideals she can come up with a whole line of prints from just one cactus she said What Ms aomires about Ms is her use of color She s not afraid of color and I think she uses it most effectively in her florals she said Her floral color is very exciting Painting florals landscapes and seascapes is how Ms Brambley expresses her talent The past president and current member of Pallet and Pencil as well as a member of the Central Ontario Art Association and Visual Arts in Mississauga said she likes strong color and forceful paintings I find I use stronger color than most painters do she said I think that s because I used to paint in oils When Ms first started to seriously paint in the s she used oils to capture the seascapes of eastern Canada where she moved after living in western Canada She continued to paint with oils until six years ago when her arm was badly injured The damaged arm made pain ting on the vertical oil canvasses very painful and finding it im possible to paint this way she switched to watercolors which are painted on a flat surface Ms Brambley work has been exhibited in Germany as part of an exchange with the City of Belleville and in juried shows locally and in Mississauga Ms said she wants peo ple to look at the work and see how it expresses the times and Ms said she hopes people will also be uplifted by the pieces on display Remembering Terry Hills Mayor Russ Miller middle assists organizers left and Derek Green In raising the Terry Fox Run flag Thursday at the Halton Civic Centre This year Georgetown Terry Fox Run will be held at the Fairgrounds September The run is expected to raise Herald photo Brain injured adult patients to get centre By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald Come November area adults with acquired brain injury will now have a place to life- skills thanks to the Head Injury Association of Peel and HIAPH and the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services Zanana Minister of Community and Social Services announced Aug at grant to cover initial costs of fing and operating the program and annually to provide assessment life skills training and community reentry plann ing for the residents Carol Williams the executive director of HIAPH said the organization is very pleased with the grant which they applied for in the fall of 1968 The money will allow us to build a transitional living centre for people who suffer from head- injuries she said Before these people had no place to go once they were discharged from the hospital and the task of teaching these people lifeskills would fall to the family She explained the centre will actually be a shebed residence on Cawthra Road just off Boulevard in for short term care The Peel nonprofit Housing Corporation is constructing the home which is scheduled to be completed by November The length of stay will be determined by how long it takes the client to learn socialization and lifeskills and how to develop strategies to cope with the deficits patients acquire after suffering a beadinjury she said estimating the process could take from six to two years She said there are thousands of people in Halton and Peel suffer from traumatic brain In juries many of them the result of motor vehicle accidents Since there arent any care facilities designed specially for people suffering from traumatic brain injuries in the regions she said families are required to re- teach victims which can place tremendous stress on the fami The HIAPH was first formed to help families cope with this strew in The organization is now actively addressing issues facing persons who suffer from traumatic bead and besides the transitional living centre are planning to offer a supported independent living program for adults with head In juries and a communitybased day program to offer life skills and community regtitry