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C2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday July 3, 2002 Artist captures human suffering and hope `Stream o f light'is key to work little girl witnesses her whole family being killed while hiding under heavy furniture, an elderly woman sits alone staring at her grandson's worn out old teddy bear, the only thing she has left of her family. These are just two of the images caught on can vas by Oakville artist Beata Goik. "I paint works that show human suffering. I want to capture the torment each subject has gone through but also show that there is a ray of hope for them to overcome their obstacles," explained Goik. That ray of hope is shown through her use of light. "I always add a stream of light into my painting so it looks as if the subject is getting help from above to overcome all the obstacles they had to go through," said the artist. Goik expresses her subjects sadness through their eyes. She believes the eyes are '`the window to the soul" and therefore spends a large amount of time perfecting them. Each of her subjects are painted with larger eyes and their expressions always hold so much pain. Goik hopes this will give the viewer an idea of the people had to go through Although she enjoys drawing people, Goik also uses nature and scenes from all around her for inspiration. She believes that trees reflect the human soul. Some are exposed, hurt and aging but they all have the ability to heal. Originally from Poland, Goik has had the desire to be an artist since she was in high school. "Painting is something I've always been pas sionate about. It allows me to express myself and show what I'm feeling inside and everything I believe in." In Poland she attended college and learned both teaching and the principles of art before coming to North America. After a three-year stop in Colorado to finish her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Goik arrived in Oakville. Goik's work has been on display in many dif ferent exhibitions. One exhibition played host to more than 200 hundred people including the Consulate of Poland. Goik's current project is entitled Return o f Mary Magdalene. The piece features three separate paintings, each one involving the subject getting closer and closer to a stream of light that symbolizes her heal ing process. Not only does Goik love to paint but she also A Peter C. McCusker · Oakville Beaver Beata Goik, whose favourite artists are M onet and Degas, operates A rt Veritas on Lakeshore Road in downtow n O akville and still finds time to paint an d teach others her skills. loves to teach and help people which is why she came up with the idea of her new Art Studio Art Veritas. "I wanted to give people who did not have the chance to express themselves a chance to do jus that. So I came up with the idea for the studio." Classes are offered to children, youths and adults, and all programs are especially designed for each age group. Those who attend the studio get the advantage of small class sizes of 3-5 stu dents so they can get one-on-one help. Although Goik is extremely impressed and proud of all her students, it's the children who stand out. After being impressed by her young stu dents Goik went to a nearby Second Cup who agreed to hang the children's work in their store. `T his is a great opportunity for the children. It's like their very first exhibition. It really boosts their confidence and encourages them to continue work ing on their talent." When Goik is not painting or teaching others how to paint, she can be found enjoying the works of her favourite artists Monet and Degas and at home, enjoying the company of her family. If Goik was to give advice to aspiring artists she would tell them h e r . "I would say not to create art for arts sake. Create art for the people who will be coming to your exhibitions to see your work," said the artist. For m ore in fo rm atio n about A rtV eritas call G oik at 9 0 5 -8 15-8778 o r drop by the stu dio at 297 L akeshore Rd. E., Suite 6. Ontario Mayors Chambers of Commerce and Community Organizations Celebrate with Office Depot at Special Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies at its 12 Retail Stores Office D epot Inc., the world's largest seller of office products, celebrated a special event by hosting individual Grand Opening ribbon-cutting ceremonies at its 12 Ontario retail stores as the Company changed its name from Office Place to the Office Depot (brand nam e throughout Ontario). Individual Grand Opening ribbon-cutting ceremonies took place at all 12 stores on Friday, June 21 beginning at 11:00 a.m., with the exception of its M arkham store, which began at 11:30 a.m. All cere monies featured lively music from local band favourites. M ayors, officials from Chambers of Commerce, and children's community organi zations across Ontario joined Office Depot senior executives as well as the Ontario commu nity for the festivities. "Office Depot has been a part of the Ontario community since 1992 under the Office Place brand name. We are thrilled to now brand our stores under the Office Depot brand name and are honoured to share this im portant day w ith those from the Ontario community. We invited our Ontario customers to celebrate our renaming. We know our customers will find the same great service and selection at Office Depot that they have come to expect at their neigh bourhood Office Place store," said Jerry Colley, Office D epot's President of N orth A m erican Stores. "O ur cus tomers will still work with the same friendly and caring staff that is dedicated to providing the know ledge and support our customers need to help them succeed and grow their businesses. " Also, underscoring the com pany's charitable mission of directly impacting the lives of children's education, Chioma, a motivational speak er who addresses high school students with her message of Respect, Restraint and Responsibility throughout the Greater Toronto Area was a special guest at the festivities at the Com pany's celebration in Markham. Chioma presented local resident and honour stu dent, Suzanne Nguyen from Weston Collegiate Institute with this year's "Chioma Talks Scholarship." This is the second year this special schol arship has been aw arded. Expansion plans for the Scholarship will be announced at this special event. The schol arship is presented by Chioma Productions, in partnership w ith Office Depot (formerly Office Place), and provides a student with a new computer, printer and a cheque for $1,000. During the ribbon-cutting ceremonies across Ontario, Office D epot also presented children's community charities with in-kind donations, sym bolic of their commitment to making a difference in lives of children's education, health care and welfare. In addition, custom ers were invited to enter a special store sweepstakes that offered the chance to w in a grand prize of attending the Molson Indy, which will be held on July 7th. The in-store sw eepstakes began on June 21 and ran through to June 28, 2002 and customers entered at all 12 par ticipating stores in Ontario. Office Depot currently operates 35 stores in Canada. Store operating hours for all O ntario Stores are M onday through Friday 8:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. , Art lovers can see art of Olde Oakville at Churchill Place Art lovers are invited to Churchill Place to view Art of Olde Oakville, a collec tion of Canadian art from some of O akville's finest artists. Local artists, Mae Giroux, Thelma Ledgerwood, Douglas M ays and Jerry Manno will show a number of pieces from their collec tions of oils, acrylics and watercolour paintings, on Sunday, July 7 at Churchill Place, 345 Church St., from 2 - 6 p.m. Joining them will be spe cial guest artist, Audrey McNaughton Dalglish, accomplished artist and world traveler, renowned for her portraits around the world. She has exhibited in Paris, London, New York, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto and was given a personal sitting for a portrait of King Hussein of Jordan. Among other accomplish ments, Dalglish was com missioned to paint the por trait of C anada's form er Prime Minister Louis Saint Laurent now hanging in the House o f Commons in Ottawa. 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