Bill Reid, son of a Haida mother and a German-
Scots-American: father, is regarded. as one of . the
outstanding artists not only of the continent but also of
the century,

His skili and creative genius is shown i ina variety of
media: wood, argillite, gold, bronze, silver, paper and
“pencil — and in a breadth of accomplishment, from the
towering sculptures of Raven and the First Men or the
Killer. Whale at the Vancouver Aquarium to the
miniature works of his boxes and jewelry. Indeed he has
been compared to Cellini and Faberge for the brilliance
of this jewelry.

7 LIVING DEVELOPMENT OF.FORM

Doris Shadbolt has produced a masterly summation
of the man and his art. She discusses lucidly the in-

. Oe Aa rs vue
wt we ee eee ey ty at og

“4 terweaving of various influences upon Reid and signifies. -

how his development has not been simply the restora-
tion of a lost art form, but rather the living development
-of a form and its individualization in the hands of a
master.

The clarity of her exposition enlivens the telling
; drama of the illustrations. Reid’s continuous references
od to ‘The well made object’’, a reference to his own, as
well as others’, conscientious workmanship, his acute
; sensitivity to the intense psychological presence of
miniature objects, which compress qualities and -mean-
ings into their tiny scale, and his respect and understan-
ding for the tradition in which he. is working, are all

clearly expressed.

“'Then one day I did something different, something
that did not relate to the old design, and I realized that ;
could do different interpretations of the old forms.’
This was the starting point of his new interpretation and
development of old forms. ‘‘Bill Reid’? (Doris Shad-

| bolt: Douglas and McIntyre: $50.00) is bountifully il-
a4 lustrated in black and white and color photography with
7: a wide range of Bill Reid’s work.

, _ THE BEAUTY OF MY PEOPLE

| Arthur Schilling was born in 1941 on the Rama
7 | - Reserve néar Orillia, Ontario. His first solo exhibition

of his paintings took place in Ottawa in 1967 and he was-
the subject of a National Film Board documentary.

— ————

of Arthur Schilling’.
In the 1970’s a heart condition plagued him and he
Ve had heart surgery, in 1984 further surgery was done and
Zz he died on March 4, 1986: ‘‘The Ojibway Dream’’ (Tun-

- | ‘The Beauty of My People: The Life Work and Times -

dra: $29.95) is a collection of 21 paintings accompanied -

by Schilling’s own text.
i . “7 will paint you a book,”’ he promised May ‘Cutler,
' and in his book the text and the paintings speak of his
people and their experience, about even more they speak
- of the artist, and especially of his emotional. response to
the color he uses with such passion and skill in his pain-

tings.”’ At one.point everything was color. There was no -

line; ‘no. division between colors. For a time. 1. was
frightened that there ‘was no. form, But then I saw that
.form was coming from within, and the light was coming
from. within. And that there was immortality in color,

Arthur Schilling may be dead, but color has given him
_immortality in return in ‘his vibrant Passionate pain-
tings.

’ THE LAST FLOWERS OF MANET

‘In- the winter of 1880. the painter Edouard Manet
began to.die of a body-wasting disease. The days of his
| |. | large compositions -was over, he could only work in a

seated position and for short periods of time. In those
last. months he concentrated on a series of still lifes, 16
small studies of flowers. based on. the bouquets brought
. to him by friends.
Andrew Forge has writtena- short essay assessing ‘the
a artist’s legacy and Robert Gordonhas added selections
| from. Manet’s letters. and from contemporary
i
I

Fe ta a

documents, but it is the poignancy of the. paintings
_ themselves that are most moving, As time passes the
backgrounds: to the paintings-darken and somber, ex-
cept for the delicate beauty of the spring lilacs whose

fresh beauty reaches almost with longing from the page. |

- _. “The-Last Flowers of Manet?’ is published in Canada
| by! Prentice-Hall Canada at $28. 95.

flight remus. In

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Karen Dakin deft) and Linda McColman successfully completed a course on technology in ac-
counting. The two students were awarded a diploma by Dick Kilborn (right), director of
business and health programs at-Northwest Community Coltege.

TI

Photo by Daniele Berquist.

Caledonia teams place

Fourteen Caledonia
teams or individuals plac-
ed in medal position at the
first badminton playday
of ‘the season. at Prince
Rupert on Jan. 17. . .

-Boys singles -—~ ‘A’
flight — Tony Broman,

2nd; Surinder Dhaliwal
3rd. ‘B’ flight — Gil
Rego, 3rd; ‘C’ flight —

Kurt McCaron, Ist, Alan

in the
medals

Ippel, 3rd.

Doubles — ‘A’ flight —
Tony Broman and Sur-
inder Dhaliwal, lst, Shawn
Mitchell and Peter Yip,
3rd; ‘B’ flight — Gil Rego
and Jim’ Mantel, Ist,

.Sbeyearold Sandra Carpino (right) was the winner of
McDonald's Hawallan Day beach towel draw. The event took
place on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Community relations reprasen-
tative for McDonald's Restaurant In Terrace is: Denise Therrien

(laft).

_ Wayne Keuckle and Fern-
ando Barbosa, 2nd; Alan.
Ippel and Kevin Ander- ©

son, 3rd.
Girls singles ‘A’
flight — Shammi Gill,

2nd; ‘C’ flight Dana
Boyce, 2nd. ;
Doubles — ‘A’ flight —

Dana Boyce and Shammi
Gill, 2nd; Mui Luc and

Aida Pacheco, 3rd.

Terrace Review.— Wednesday, January .28, 1987 19

Artists

geta
chance |
to meet

TERRACE — Are you an
artist, either beginner, or
advanced, or somewhere
in between; who would
like to meet with other ar-
tists on an informal basis,
to paint and share ideas?
Terrace Parks and Rec-
reation has heard that
there is a need for an in-
formal group to get
together in Terrace, par-
ticularly during the winter
months. It will bea chance .
for artists to get out, meet
other artists, share experi-
ences and skills or just
come and paint or draw.
The first get-together

- will be on: Wednesday,

Feb, 25 at 7:30 p.m, at the
Emily Carr studio at

-Northwest Community

College. Bring your sup-
plies and work or join. us
to meet others, We look
forward to seeing you
there!

At McDonald's Restaurant in. Terrace, approximately 50

employees, Including the management, dressed up for —
Hawallan Days to help break up the winter blues. The
costumes were provided by the participants. Lace, paper,
pineapple and the green grass were courtesy of Halda Travel at

‘Badminton reps
receive honors

Thornhill Junior High
School badminton players

came back from thé open-'
ing zone tournament at

Prince Rupert with their
share of honors.,

Here’s the results of
Thornhill’s top finishers:

Grade 8 boys’ singles —
Mark Sauer, Ist. Chad
Ziegler, 2nd.

Junior boys’ singles —
Chris Terlesky, Ist. Merle
Alexander, 2nd. Michael
Powers, 3rd. Ben Foote,
4th. These were “B”
ee

“flight, Shane Ziegler was
‘2nd:

‘« Junior girls’ singles —
“A’ flight — . Tammy
Hubbard, 3rd. Callie

- Swan, 4th. “‘B’’ flight —.

Ev Higginson, 3rd.
Junior boys’ doubles —
‘A’? flight -— Chris
Terlesky arid Merle Alex-
ander, 3rd. Shane Ziegler
and Dayson Wrubel, 4th.
Junior girls’ doubles —
“A” flight’ — Tammy
Hubbard and Rose
Lenser, Ist. Cory Swan
and Ev Higginson, 4th.

the Skeena-Mall.. The event was held on Wednesday, Jan. 21."

Hawaiian
days ..

The staff and management of ot

McDonald's Restaurant in ~
Terrace dressed up. for

Hawalian Days tast Wednes- oe

day. The theme was chosen
to beat the winter biuves,
Chris Blakey (left) holds
Michelle Jackson, who pai:
ticipated in the event,
Michelle Is 2% years old.

Photos by
Daniele —
Berquist _