WITBY FREE, PRESS, WEDNESDAYJUNE 1, 1988, PAGE 23 Whitby's- newest art gallery opens on G(reen St. By Debbie Luchuk Grace Gallery opened on Green St. in Whitby last week. I chose Whitby because Whitby is the art centre of Durham," says director Ken Heath. "Whitby has its own identity separate from Ajax and Oshawa, bas an outward growth pattern, and the demographics are good." The gallery seils and cisplays original art by local, Canadian and international artists. Art represented at Grace is an eclectic mix of media, everytbing from modern abstracts in bright hues to pastoral scenes of local scenery. BY Debbie Luchuk The recently opened Winchester, Art Gallery in Whitby specializes in personalized art consulting to bomeoWners-and corporations. Owners Carol and Jack Forde assist residential and commercial customers te s elect prints and reproductions to enhance their decor. 'We offer a personalized toucb helping to select pictures, frames and matting te suit the customer's decor," says Carol Ford. By appointmnent only, Forde will go into home or business with a selection of prints, frames and matting for the customer te look over. She usually bas an initial consultation with the custemer at Heath says that the gallery is available for residential and corporate consulting as well. Shows will run rougbly a month in duration. "There will be a completely new work every month, including sculpture," Heath says. Heath opened the gallery as be "felt there was a need in the area for a gallery that would seli only original art. I have had a lot of art from my childhood, consider niyself an amateur artist orient, and this is what I decided te do upon retirement from the cor- porate world. "The response bas been terrific, and we feel a real welcome in the site wbere the picture is to be hung to aid ber in selecting a number of prints that Would be suited te the decor and the customer's taste. Winchester offers some limited editions, reproductions and pos- ters, witb a wide range of subjects and colors. "Sometimes there are two people on opposite ends in their choice of a picture and I help them resolve their differences," says Forde. "For example, I can choose a print with the colors the woman wants and the subject the man wants." In order te keep up witb the latest trends in decorating and SEE PAGE 38 Whi tby," Heath says. The gallery is open Tuesday te f .1 .50, 1OF] Wednesday, Il a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tbursday to Friday, Il a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday Il, a.m. to 5 pa.. 40%FF 30%Ã"FF ALL%* OFF, ALL GIFTS WICn CHOOSE FROM OUR FURITRE EXTENSIVE SELEC'TION. CURRET 0F'O GIFT IDEAS; 6 <> CTRRENTY rn ANDLES, BRASS, c 70 \~IN STOCK HKILS TOYS, 6 E ,GLASS ETC.,> ENTIRE LINE 0F UNIQUE iýâ* , INDOOR/OUTDOOR CA1ST ALUMINUM CASUAL FURNITURE OFF. 0F ANTIQUE REPRODUCTIONS (JAM CUPBOARD, TIERED SHELF UNIT, AND MORE ....Y -61,9~~I E~9 ~J9E~J9E~~J 9 Tudor House: Open 7 days a week, 10 arn - 5 Prn 1615 Dundas Street, W., Whitby 430-2092 *WHILE QUANTITIES LAST91N STOCK ITEMS ONLY, ~qj5fg j .4 *'I'I~ ~ . - *I.~*, ' 'f ~' AI 1,1 . Y -l - I ' "1 ri . 1I ,1 . - - i ., ; T 0ié F WHITBYh Winchester gallery offer s personalized art consulting 1 . 'l l :7----7-ýý ý - ý ý-f it . L ly