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[ PAGE 10# WBMY WEDNMM AX AUGUOfi 22j 1M9. I .15 - ~ Cartoon. holds w"memoriesfoWhtyait ByTriiZvdvc At one time or another, manqy experience what is commonly known as deja vu. Sometimes we cariexplain why, sometimes we canà. Whitby artist and writer- Sean McQdUa y very. recentlyrexperien- S javui while leafing tbrough the pages of the. Whitby Fr.. Press. Ho came uponr the Styx. and Stone cartoon. strip by Ian Rogrsad :that triggered, for McQuay, bi own begWnnings. 'l used ta do cartoons for the Whitby Argosy, which later became the Wuth~y Pro. Preàas.» Ho was slightly younger than Rogers and was, intorested in art, for as long as ho could'remem- ber. «My mother was alwaysinter- ested in drawing. As a.kid.'car- taoning was a personal intorest lof mine,» says McQuay. -«My mother would enter me i the Simpson Sears drawing contest. And I won pie. He recaulsin grades5 and 6 being asked by toucest do the biological drawings on -the black- board. Ho recalse that particu- larly because ho missed receas ta do it. MeQuay thinka that i the bginnig ho wasprbbyut like any other kid who lked ta draw. "I just nover stapped. It was lIe in high school that I thought, thiss goingt be it. In Ilb. Durbam-bas.d -vocal gup,"'Thoré Mon and a Basa, illp perfarm their summer concert 'Once In A Blue Moon,' on Wodnesday, Aug. 29, at 7:30 e m. at the. Whitby Centennial lb. acaplla vocal quartet bas performod. for variaus. children's grops at numerous bensfits and mmnshows, Aax Homne Week, and s3treot corners everywhere. Their meut reent appearanco was a four-day venue at -tire Pickering Town Centre. those yeIu started looking mnto in 1 ,MeQuay graduated ti. NoaScotia, Colege nof Art. and Desig, iiconjirnction with the Cooper .ýUnion School of-Art, New York City, with -a bachelor of fine arts degree. In the past six years ho ha concontrated bis efforts on a career Mi painting, sculpting faMd design. Most recently ho ha delved into the warld of writing and illustrating children7s litera- ture for whicghehoha won a Writer's Guild award for verse as well as the Canada Council writ- inr, assistance granta. Ho expects ta, have bis first hard-cover-book published by St. Mary's Pres this faill Ho recently returned from France and Britain where ho, !pent two years painting and cfrawing, through a Canada Council arts grant. That work is now hein g prelpared for exhibi- tion by _theRobert McLaughlin Gallery. McQuay,, humbly, thinks of bis. talent as natural. "I tond- to think I have a natural talent- because it's always there. When yeure left alone with it, that!s wlxen yqu really do it. «rve had good teacheits hi the :at. Its not S muýh the~y tauht technique, butl1ief. It s a hard thing to do withoùt losing faith. A lot of people are 'doing it, and a lot of. people 'are not Their concert AIl feature music from the 509 and 6Os, such as 'Duko of Earl and -Rockrin' Roàbin,' receutly mnade famc>us once again by The Nylons. Th. erformance wiil -also include un appaane by inger/songwriter Sio)han Wood. ickets are $5 oach (general admissioni), and are available at Lufentaino Truding Peutin Whitby '(430-3774>, and lThe Houa. Boutique Ladies Fashions in Ajax (427-9181), or cui (416) 668-3925. Exh ibition highlights the fifties. SEAN MCQUAY appreciating t Sa what faorms the. essence of Mc9uayts art? 'WhenlI muke art rm not answerngl a demand. tt's a per- soal eploration wbich reflecta the enviroument P'm in. Theres the old aaethteer okis a self-Porrait.' <For McQuay, he's not ghgtool faut; not too slow, either butjuait about on truck. 9~ feel Dretty go about where Irm at. Efere wo are, i my early 30's, taking it slowly but surely. Some young uriste are becoming wildly and. unoxplainably succesuful. Irm not one ta rush things any.way. One ting McQuay is wild about is travelling, ltougho mitains bis roots in Wbitb, ho '.takes overy opportunity tL travel. Ho loves Nova Scotia ýand k. p s a studio there. «Home is always hom,' and tbis is where Me ars fumily is. Ho doesn't tbink hel stay here, only reýturn periodically. He has applied to take bis musters of fine art inHai Montreal, Edinburgh,- ScotIand and London, England, and is also looking at a Canadian-Itulian grant that would take hlm to Venice OrFlorence. So what's p t he road for McQuay. Only tune will tell.« MI see mysieif bin more and more productive andloser ta mukcing a living purely u s a visual artist; having a gallery ta represenit me in Toronto or Mon- treal and gotting back to sculp- ture.Y Ho admits that ho is not very organized,, needing ta worký on sieveral projeet at à time, and worldng well under pressure. For up. and coxing artists, bis Message is, hang in there. "I would 1ke to tell them, the hardeet thing ta do is keep your vision. Dont stop doing what youre doing. Dont worryj if you haven't done something for a while. It's always there. Just do McQuay is taking bis own advice and keeps doing his tbing. Beit painting, sculptig, bis first love, cartooning, or bis yet un- tapped interest, in film-making ho just plans ta do bis tbing,aJ se. where it takes him. Late artist's wrondsplay: «'One Haîf Century of Canadian Fine Art,'y by the late Arnold Hodglns, will oe at tiie Doorfoot Gallery, eakle, Ont., on Friday, Aug. 24, 7 -9 p.m. Net many people set out ta be an artist, writer and musician at the saine time, but thon moot people are not a Hodkns. Although he made bis living at fine art, music aud writing were always a part of it. Ho creatod pooms which were starting points for paintings, and wrote music wbich ho sometimes rocorde and played while ho painted. Hedgklns was bôrn at Silverdale in the Niagua area in 1911, and was encouraged in art and music by bis mother. On bis own at ugo 18, ho wrote musie and painted, eventualy peating a funerul business and mgn siop thee make enda e.mot. H. Iland soon hada son, Garynsu«ort.War Il came along, ho went overseu with the. Ontario Regimient, and wus a goed soldier,. but spent every sparo moment on muic, writing and painting. Hoe was woundedâ in Italy, but came home with a larg portfolio of artwork. TT ià,i- f- Taimmn9a Ril l Madawaska.. There, ho often spent weeks alone working, on- cunvasses which ho would later show in his gallery. .Ho was proficient in watercolors, inks, o"isor:acrylice, and moved easly fio= landacapes ta portraits, often combining bath in one themo. Ho alwasstve to uchieve "a sense of timelesmnes" inhieiswork. Hodgkins did not believe in. the use of the camera as an aid ta paiting, preferring ta have the real subjeet bofore lm as ho worked. Andrew Wyeth said, .'If you ait long enouqgh before a subject, its spirit wil finally creep in the. back doqr and grbYom" Hodgldns would bave lovedthat H. reoevedl an honorable mention i 1966 at the Paris salon for bis painting "MBeur Rock." IR was a pinnacle of bis career. Although decliniùg health in recent yeurs kept him away fr= bis ousel, ho .stilifound thi. energy ta '*ok on' aeco ànd novel. Ho pussed away in 1989. A permanent collection of bi's work ha been assembled, and 'One Haif Century ofd Canadian Art,' will open on Aug. 24. It will be the boutpublic, exhibition at Deerfoot Lgalery. The public is invitod ta attend *ta help celebrate a-lifetime of work S.lected pieces wil bo, available for purchas., many nover before shown.. Times for the,.:show will be Friday, Aug. 24, 7 -9 p.m.; other times are 2 - 5 and 7 -9 p.m. on- Sat. and Smn, Aue. 25 and 26 Wed., Aug. 29,and SûBt., Sun.. an Mong, Sept. 1, 2 and 3. Deorfoot Gallery ins located at Leskae, north of Uxbridge, Ont. «'Sign Sensations,' an exhibition 30. Under thene verra W 1ne - of pintings by Canadian artist In 1989 Martin Vagners gave went-ta, the Ontario Collage of Art "rom Hodgsen(b. 1924->will open the gaulezy three early works by where he toek'four yesin ue% at the. McLaughlin Gallery on Pointers Eleven member Tom and grduated in 1948 with a Aug. 23 and continue until Sept. Hodgson. Excited abeut such a modaifrnt icrHeefuludaing generous gift of works that were adpitn.H vnfudtm 1.., ceated during and just after the ta, write a nevel. About'this tUme, M U 1C 'peried of Pairiters Elevon a daughter CaroI was born. M un eh(1953-1960)s the gallery feit that Hedgldns smen built up a aneabto ferywrsb faithful following of students, and W i hHedgson ýwouId an iea venue bcm neclet *it ~" ~ ta lot the public vi enw witii commissions whlc included paintings ln the context of otlrer LayEtnfowvroi r p!hearly werk by the. artist in the was 'a Place in the coiuitry, fe pchpermanent colection. The. show frIn tii53Toretoucen o t It could[ be said that thel new focuses on te eaeof the Lkaehi 1953, ofoUg an d a 195018.Lakdenthf manaemenàt of Caseys are slum- abtato ogo i n the. followung years1 with the. mmg unta tii.business. O btato ogonhs hlo i amily and ;'w lbe W id:rsaua "I believe that non-objective hepobifw tibar astac pinin eold b. suet u tow obu will held a 'Summer Slaxn' party d abstrct paintng sho -ch wu next Monda. arijeyed with child-like unbiased Defo alrwu 'Summer Slam' is the big wrs- enthusiasm. Nothlng that lis ndi 16 yA .JCsaia tling event feasturing tp match- ralywMtwi arb ie'Gronupe - von. ac i ups in the World Wréethng Féde- appreclated at your first expsure Hocnnudt oeh n raie.ta it, and *a shauld see theso varieus locations, andfor many During the 'sîm:'wbich sturta paintingsaus an ýaesthetic unitOf years eperated the. Doofoot at 7 pam there wlll b. many sight sonsatios, smetbing to, eSumr A d rt Shool draws anc1 pries awarded, lm-stimulate and excite you, without h al fond Eas o thrain 1 udin air of front row seats the. bathfrsome off'ect of all sorteg unth wienesoNrtou toa.a hve W Fwotigmth o sy olsthriaad Ontarip,.andin 1959- %rtum IN~ ogkn"ictim '43% from his-e ar es., c u fltOa wretling atch__btr es,,an>t of S I! 1 *1 j Onoe in. a Blue Moon on itswa F