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Direct and unequivocal and to the point. co 86" 196" |97 "I attack it," she says. And yet, the serene paintings and still lifes she creates belie the intensity of the process; her paintâ€" ings are full of color and light, and are quiet and peaceful. Her Watercolor suits her own temâ€" perament. An impatient, intense artist, she has little time for the patience oil insists upon or the process of the painting itself. With watercolor, Stamm‘ler‘s own intensity is used at full throtâ€" tle. Born in Holland where she studied various art forms includâ€" ing pottery, music, and interior design, Stamm‘ler found her true home in the world of watercolor. Incorporated in 1936, the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor has had a long list of celebrated Canadian painters, including David Milne, Jack Bush, Jack Shadbolt, Paraskeva Clark, and Doris McCarthy. Stammi‘ler is, in a word, thrilled to be in the society of such historâ€" ical talent. "For me, it‘s finally there. I have arrived," she says, with obvious pride in her voice. Amazing things happen in this exhibit. Yellow beer appears out of thin air. A bird magically appears in a previously _empty cage. Distinct pictures emerge from a mass of dots. Still images begin to move. An index finger momentariâ€" By turning spirals, peering through boxes, squinting at images, looking through tinted spectacles, and focusing on objects, particiâ€" pants develop a new understanding of their eyes and how they funcâ€" tion. The secrets of sight, foresight, hindsight, illusion, and deception will be revealed at the Halton Region Museum, on July 22nd, when the Ontario Science Centre‘s traveling exhibit â€" The Seeing Brain â€" opens. Seeing Brain on display at regional museum July 22nd It is, more often, the light itself which will propel her into her stuâ€" dio to begin another painting. "It‘s not the bottle, not the flower but the light. That is what I want," she says, waving her arm in an expansive movement. recent paintings point to her own fascination with light,; be it on a bowl of apples or haystacks in a field. The Halton Region Museum is located in Kelso Conservation Area, 7 km west of Milton, on Regional Road 28. Admission to the Museum is by voluntary donation. The Ontario Science Centre is an agency of the Ontario Ministry of â€" Culture, Tourism, â€" and Recreation. To explain the link between the eye and the brain, The Seeing Brain includes examples of the brain and eyes of a sheep, a cat, a fish, and even an earthworm. For those who like to pick other people‘s brains, an irresistible model of a human brain is on hand for the public to explore. ly disappears, and a laughing mask grins backwards. It all depends, of course, on how one looks at things. And yet, watercolor as a mediâ€" The Oakville Art Society will celeâ€" brate summer again with Local Color, an exhibition of members‘ paintings, pottery, silk art, photographs and cards. The summer exhibition will be open Mondays and Tuesdays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. "It‘s like one day you eat rice, the other day potatoes. I needed a change. Otherwise you get bored." Summer show She shrugs, as if to say it is of no importance. She points to a painting leanâ€" ing against a wall in her small studio on the second floor, musâ€" ing about the reasons why she decided to use more sombre colâ€" ors she doesn‘t often use. Stamm‘ler tends to lean towards brilliant, strong colors for her statements. "People are not aware of these simple things. They just walk by them. But there are so many things to enjoy," she says. Her home in Oakville is filled both with the artifacts of a lifetime of travel and her works of art. And wandering through her home, it is clear that art has always been a passion. Stamm‘ler believes in taking a small, simple object such as an apple or banana and blowing it up out of proportion to let the light through. In such a way, she eleâ€" vates the common, everyday objects into a work of art. Her paintings are filled with different shapes that go off the edges of the paper. Within these shapes, she says, the transparent colors are mixed in one wash, some parts are unpainted, and the light is captured within the paintâ€" ing. "It has to be right the first stroke; there is no second chance," she says. um has its own demands. It may suit the temperament of Stamm‘ler, but she recognizes the challenge in getting it right the first time. She does only one wash using transparent colors, so that the painting looks as fresh as it can.