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Friday, April 9, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 15 FOR ENTERTAINMENT THE l is t in g s , O a k v il l e see a d b e lo w C e n t r e 130 s s a s x s navyst. 8 1 5 -2 0 2 1 Arts & Entertainment An Oakville Beaver Feature Editor: CAROL BALDW IN. £45-3824 (Extension 254} Fax:337-5567 Must draw before you paint Story by Carol Baldwin Photos by Barrie Erskine VIDEO PICK A p r i l 9 - 1 5 Critics'Average MPAA Ratvjg Theme VIuni: COSRSE Sex & Nudity I . T h e R ug ra ts M o v ie •kick G Animation Mhjd None None 2. I St il l K now W hat...(new ) ★ R Horror Lois Lois Mild 3 . M e e t J o e B l a c k (n e w ) kkrk PG-13 Drama Some Some Some 4. Th e W aterboy k k PG-13 Comedy Some Some Some 5 . E v e r A f t e r k k k PG-13 Romance Some Mild Meld 6. B e l o v e d (n e w ) k k k k R Drama Lois Some Mich 7 . M ig h ty J o e Y o ung ir k PG Adventure Some Mm) None 8. PLEASANTVIUE k k k k PG-13 Fantasy Mild Some Some 9 . T h e r e 's S o m e t h in g A b o u t - i i i AAA R CCMEDY So® Lois Lois 10. W hat D ream s M ay C o m e k k PG-13 Fantasy Some much Mild - 1-9 & GAMES | M aple G rove V illage 511 M ap le G rove D riv e 849-3600 Mon.-Thurs. 10-9 Fri.-Sat. 10-10 Sun. 11 H opedale M all 1515 Rebecca Street 847-3600 Mon.-Thurs. 9:30-9 Fri.-Sat. 9:30-10 Sun. 11-9 V isit o u r w ebsite w w w .m gm .form ovies.com You have to draw before you can paint; and art students these days don't draw enough, according to Mae Giroux. But if she's teaching them, they sure do. And the Oakville artist has recently gone back to teaching art after giving it up 20 years ago when her husband returned to university to get his master's degree; and she got a job. "I continued to work until 1992. But I did a lot of sculpting and woodcarving in my free time," says the Oakville artist, adding that she was the one who initiated the children's art classes at the Oakville Art Society (OAS) in the 1970s, and she also taught kids at Oakville Gal­ leries. "I taught drawing and painting. It's important that they learn to draw and paint." Her current after-school classes are set to start up again at the OAS on Tuesdays. "Some of the students have had painting before but not drawing and painting. They don't paint what they see," she says, adding that the would-be artists in her classes are expected to draw a particular item. "It's more disciplined to paint what's in front of them.. .They draw for one week and paint for two." Giroux says her teaching job has been made easier with the advent of a water soluble oil paint that readily washes off clothes and skin. And it dries faster, too, she adds. Her students start off with the basic primary colours plus grey and black; so they soon discover the magic of combining colours and creating different hues. Recalling her younger days (She'll only admit to being 55 years old; however, she took art lessons at the Montreal Art Gallery in 1944...), she says, kids "took piano lessons, skating lessons and painting lessons...We had no television, so we did something else...At L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal, I drew three nights a week for three years...At the Ontario College of Art we did life drawing twice a week." Her current project is the painting of a Parisian bag lady on a round canvas. "I went to Paris and she was there. So I painted her, and I sold it," she says, adding that she has decided to paint another one. Although Giroux and her husband Fred don't travel much, she packs her paints when they do. "When I travel, I have to paint," she explains, adding that she has paintings of Barbados and many of Ireland. "Harry Rosen (her former boss) sent me to Barbados for my retirement and gave me a watch." Giroux has also painted portraits of her hus­ band and her three sons as well as a tongue-in- cheek self-portrait. She has captured for posteri­ ty the roses that her son gave her for Mother's Day, as well as the swan family that makes its home in Sixteen-Mile Creek. She has also done a series of paintings that explain the process of learning how to paint, which she displayed in (S ee 'Faces' on page 21) A reflection of Mae Giroux, top, is seen through a chunk of glass in one of her art pieces. Above, the Oakville artist holds, Let There Be Light, a piece that she is donating to tomorrow night's art auction at Centennial Gallery. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ M l T h e Q V K V I U E S Y M P H O N Y Presents French Flair, Spanish Passion Guest A rtist - N orbert Kraft - Guitar Saturday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. O Q C H E & T R A . Sunday, April 11 at 2:00 p.m. )AKVILLE C E N T R E FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS An Evening At The Apollo Theatre Thursday, April 15 at 8:00 p.m. An impeccable tribute to legendary performers such as The Drifters, 'The Supremes, the Platters and many more! I ,, /I ST.IAWRENCEPresented by IS CEMENT m association • , a**»*ww*rwith CT1W01250_____________ (905) 815-2021 call fo r tickets now! BIG TICKET members save 20% V is it th e box o ffice , 130 Navy S treet (a t Lakeshore), M onday to Friday, noon to 5 p .m .; S a tu rday 2 to 5 p .m .; o r tw o hours b e fo re show tim e . For m ore in fo rm a tio n on upcom ing shows e xp lo re ou r w ebsite a t The Second City Touring Group Comedy Cabarets in the Studio Theatre Friday, April 23 8:30 p.m. SatlS <O & J0 20 U T h - & 10:00 p.m. Enjoy a night o f laughter! Presented by WSLEElM w N U m m That Dorothy Parker... In the Studio Theatre Fri., & Sat. 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