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WHITBY FREE PRESS; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1978, PAGE 9 Experienced artist retires to his hobb By BRIAN WINTERi Staff Writer When Lloyd Peters, a Staff member at the Whitby Psy- chiatrie .Hospital retires ln May, he will move to Trout Creek near North Bay to become a ful-time artist. Last June, after neariy 15 years' of limited painting time, Mr. Peters began showing bis watercolours in the Whitby area.,He exhibit- ed bis paintings at the Whitby Seniors Activity Cen-' tre, the Sheridan Mail in Pickering, Whity Arts Sta- tion Gallery, and the Toronto Harbor Centre. Aithougli it may appear that Mr. Peters, who.lives on Byron Street South, is about to embark on a painting career, he bas ýbeen involved in art since he was in Grade Eight at Havelock when a teacher encouraged hlm to develop his artistic talents. Mr. Peters had no formai art training except Saturday morning classes at the Ontario College of Art when lie was 13 and 14, and nigit' sehool when lie. was in his early 20s. At those Saturday morning classes, lie was tauglit by Group of Sev en Artist Arthur Lismer, and when he went into commercial art he was tauglit box design and letter- ing by another group mem- ber, Frank Carmichael. In the foilowing years lie knew ail the major artists of the Toronto area, *some of whom are well known and some of whom are not bouse- hold nameés like A. Y. Jack- son and J. E. H. MacDonald. Mr. Peters received bis most important training in etching and oïl painting from Jack Martin of Scarborough, a- friend of the Group of Seven. In recent years hbehas devoted most of bis time to water'colours. From 1933 1o 1945, Mr. Peters was in the adver tising department of Eaton's-, de- slgning fuît-page newspaper ads. In, his spare time he did etchings and became a mem- ber of the Canadian Painters and Etchers. His work was' sbown in exhibitions, by the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy, and by the London and Montreal Art Associa- tions. A number of bis etchings were in a travelling exhibi- tion sent by IBM throughout Canada and South America in the 1930's. When the Second World War began, Mr.* Peters wanted to be a war artist and interested Canada's Defense Minister J. L. Raiston in a series of etchings foilowing the life of a Cànadian soldier. This plan fell through when Raîston was dismnissed by Prime Ministèr Mackenzie King in 1944. Mr. Peters joined the shore patrol at Halifax, and id . a lot of water colour sketches of Canadian naval activities on the East Coast. A letter of clearance from the commander of the dock yard gave Mr. Peters free access to any naval facili- ties, and.with this pass, lie was mne only artist allowect to paint a picture of the Halifax, munitions explos ion of 1945. The painting is, now owned by Dalhousie University. Four of Mr. Peters' Hali- fax area watercolours are i the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.' After th e war, Mr. Peters opened bis own commercial art studio at Adelaide and' Yonge Streets in Toronto, where be worked for five years on special assign- ments. Oliver Crockford, Reeve of Scarborougli in 1950, got Mr. Peters to produce -brochures to promote the "Golden Mile of Industry," which were sent around the worid. His brochures brouglit sucli côm- panies as SKF and Link Belt to the Golden- Mile. For the next 15 years Mr. Peters worked on a free lance basis, making designs for Lily cups, and did sonie work for General Printers in Oshawa. In bis spare time he continued painting, and many of his works are in private collections. In 1964 he started working at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospitali and ýmoved to Whitby in 1969. Mr. Peters won a prize for designing the masthead of, the Staff-Liner, the hospi- tal's newsletter, In 1971. Mr. Peters is a man of many talents and he under- took many freelance- assign- ments during bis years in commercial art. One of these assignments was designing Centennial medals for Canadian towns. Ontario Riding NOMINATION' MEETING' 8PeMe MHURS. MAT 4j 1978 PICKERINN IGHSCHOOL CIIURCH ST.,,, PICKERING SUPPORT UN",~ PROSPERITY AND EMPLOYMENT IN CANADA Elw ant to be amember Of TeOntario Riding PC. Association $2Wo enclosed (payable to Ont. Riding PC. Mss.) l Seil donation enclosed $ (tax deductibe) Make cheque payable to: PC. Canada Fund 0 wanttohelp El Fund mkisug Canvas 13Office work []or MAILTO MARfY MCEACHERN SECRETARY, ONTARIO R1DING PC. ASSOCIA71ON 125*mtRH1Ew. WHITBy, oNTARIO LIN 2G8 Aiiotner assignment was rnlustratmng sehool science books. Mr. Peters' greatest in-î terest, at the present time is1 watercolour painting, featur- ing landscapes in the realis- tic style. He recently becamé.ê interested in northern Ontario subjects and wouid like to tackle the rugged iandscapes of the Hudson. Bay area. While living in a cabin at Trout, Creek and painting most of the year, Mr. Peters wouid like to make regular trips, to Whitby, Oshawa and other cities to put on one- man shows of bis work. "What I really want to do is paint," be says, and it looks like he will be doing plenty of that in his retire- ment years. WHOLESOME EATING Put food back in the refrigerator as soon -as possible. In no case should it be left out on the table for more than two hours. Longer periods can result in dangerous growth of bacteria. Port Whitby 1614 Charles Ste 668-1l611 Whitby watercolor artist Lloyd Peters shows off one of bis works in bis studio in an olouse on Byron Street South. Mr. Peters, who received some of bis training from Group of Seven artists Arthur Lismer and Frank Carmicbael, wil retire ini May and move to Trout Creek near North Bay to take up fuli-time painting. He bas been a Whitby resi- dent for nine years. Free Press Photo Also Lamps - Coffee Tables - Occ. 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