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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, July 4, 2001 Camp spaces available Spaces are still available for the second session of the Oakville Performing Arts Camp, to be held July 16 to 20 at John Knox School orr Ford Drive. The camp is for students who would like to learn how to play piano, flute, violin, viola, cello, recorder, clarinet or trumpet. Advanced and intermediate class es are also given in all but the clarinet and trumpet. In addition to their private lessons, students can select optional activities that include drama, art, singing, recorder, ukulele, Orff, fiddle and step-danc ing. Noon hour concerts will also be held. Call Jean at 827-6737 or Margaret at 849-6911. 1UST LIKE MAGIQ Herbal M agic introduces M arie, our newest health counselor. M arie has lost 42lbs. and 72" in 5 months. Check the paper in another 4 weeks for an update on M arie's progress, or better yet, lose your weight right along with her! `Bronte Blooms' at Sovereign House By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR aye Courage began with uniforms and airline hangers and progressed to painting landscapes and old bams. Quite a leap, yet one that isn't so farfetched, says the Oakville artist. "I love colour and form," says the former airline employee, who worked as a flight attendant and, later, as base manager for in-flight services. "In Montreal, I deco rated the whole hanger, because of my love for colour... It was quite a project." That project included a number of lounges and offices as well as uniforms for the staff "right down to the ramp atten dants." Her job with Nordair also allowed her to see the world, which enabled her to take an art course in China and anoth er in Russia. All the while. Courage was sketching and thinking of the day she would be painting full-time. Then, after 10 years as a docent at the Burlington Art Centre and a number of fine art courses at the Dundas Val ley School of Art, where she honed her skills, that day final ly came. About 10 years ago, Courage went on a golfing holiday and ended up with a paint brush in hand instead of a golf club. "I left my paintings there (at a gallery)...A nd I sold three before they were hung. So that's how it all started out," she says, adding that she has recently taken up acting as well, mostly in commercials. "Painting is my main love, but I do do that." As an actor, Courage has accepted a variety of roles; as an artist, she has dabbled in all media. But the grandmoth er of three prefers the challenge of watercolours. "Basically, once you make that stroke, you can't alter it," she explains. "I have something in mind each time I start, but usually it turns out a little different. And sometimes it's even more beautiful than I thought it would be. It (water colours) has a mind of its own as well. You're working with the medium; you're not controlling the whole thing com pletely... And I love the translucent look. It doesn't look pasted. It looks light and airy." And airy certainly figures prominently in her upcoming exhibition at Sovereign House, 7 West River St.. which opens today (Wednesday) and continues until July 11 on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. The opening reception will take place on Sunday, July 8 G from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibit, titled Bronte Blooms , will feature exactly that - flowers and gardens from the Bronte area. And it will include about 25 large and small watercolour paintings ranging in price from about $50 to $500. "I usually do larger pictures, but I've found that a lot of people like pictures that are a little bit smaller. There are a lot of new families in the area...and maybe they have a smaller home or they are not prepared to put out a lot of money for a painting, but they still want an original paint ing," she explains. "And also empty-nesters are going into smaller areas, and they really don't want huge paintings." Although her exhibit at Sovereign House features flow ers and gardens, Courage says she usually paints old hous es and bams. "That's my forte really...Som eday there won't be many left, and I think that they represent our his tory," she says. "It's very important to capture these old barns and houses because they are our history - this is how we lived and how we made our living. They intrigue me, and I think they should be captured." Gaye Courage has about 25 watercolours in her current exhibit at Sov ereign House, 7 West River St. The exhibition will continue until July 11, with the official opening this Sunday. 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The DOJF, which begins Friday at 4 p.m. and winds up Saturday at midnight, will feature 20 live performances on three outdoor stages and at numerous restaurants and pubs. Other headline acts will include Toronto native Molly Johnson, Danny B, Joe Sealy, and the boogie-woogie piano playing of Tyler Yarema, as well as the Latin rhythms of Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana. For more information, call 905-844-4520 or visit the web at www.oakvillejazz.com. 70% tops from 6 .9 9 bottoms from 6 .9 9 dresses from 9 .9 9 select item s Oakville Place Mall / 8 4 5 -9 2 9 2 1 -8 7 7 -3 3 7 -4 4 4 8 or visit www.urinarystress.com Off It' s more common than you think Buy original art and save it from being destroyed If you want original art at bargain prices, visit Industrial ArtSpace at 2334 Wyecroft Rd.. Units 8 and 9, this weekend. Sculptor Steve Hudak has invited other artists to join him in a Purge and Clean event which will see participat ing artists enter some o f their "older pieces" in a silent auction. The pieces that don't reach their minimum bid will be smashed and trashed. "I'm going to take them to a spe cial table; put a blanket over them and take a sledgehammer to them," Hudak explains. "We don't take anything home. Either it goes out the front door or it goes out the back door (in pieces)." Visitors will pay a $2 admission charge to participate in the silent auc tion and a com roast between 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. July 7 and Sunday, July 8, with a smash and trash to follow on each day. For more details, call 469-8954. The Oakville Beaver My name is Megan & Stephen. W e h a v e b ee n d o in g o u r ro u te since last fa ll. M e g a n is 1 3 y e a rs o ld , g o in g in to G ra d e 8 , a n d S te p h a n is 1 0 y e a rs o ld , g o in g in to G ra d e 5 . 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