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| From: this Friday until March 6
-the= Terrace | Art Gallery. will

feature the original works and
a limited. ‘edition prints of former
‘Terrace Fesident Orlean ' ‘Hert-

“Onléan. Herrmann (hen Alger)
. lived in Terrace for 26 years and

feven went to” high. school here’

when it was a two-room school",
she adds. with a laugh.. ‘During

-_ her. time’ in: Terrace she worked
for Dr. Lepp for six. years, estab- .

-lished Orlean’s Fashions, raised

four. children, and had a yearn-
ing to paint: Her first painting in

Terrace Was an 8’ x 16’. mural

of: : Niagara . Falls on their the.

living-room Wall of her home.
‘Three weeks later she created: a

"scene of Moslems gathering at a.

mosque. In 1968, she was asked
to paint a mural on a wall of the
Royal Bank, ‘but lacked the
confidence to do it at the time.
_: Orlean’s. -one daughter and
“many. friends still live here, so

_ this tour to Terrace will give her

the ‘opportunity for a visit, too.
Last weekend, | she drove to
‘Terrace ‘with all ‘her works care-

~ folly’ bundled | ‘in, her car for

‘hanging in the gallery, today. She
_ gays, "I couldn’t let anyone else
do. it” oo.

Herrmann has been away, from
“Perrace. for 15 years. now, ; hen
she. léft: she moved first.to the
_ Peace ‘River-and Jater to Alder-
“grove, where.she. lives now. She
says, "I was studying art all that

time." She learned art in Terrace
‘on her own, took courses in

_ Hence! River. ‘and: learned tech-
niques.. Her. greatest find was.
artist Adron McBryde of Maple
Ridge, who : taught her the

science. of painting seascapes.
Orlean Herrmann has taught art

‘Students. (ip to 24 at one time)

in her own. studio,” Eagle’ Crest

Aits, four times per week for the.
past eight’ years. Her students :

Tange in age from four years to

84 and many are award winners. ,

She teaches a quick method of

painting so that each student.can’

take a finished work: home the
first day, Tlien she ‘gets’ into

theory. and technique. She says,
"I .do teach water colour if

‘there’ 8 a call for it, but oils. are
my first. love." .

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Four former Terrace residents.

Ida Onstein, Evelyn Thain, Alma
‘Hoffman and Gary Valence have
attended classes at Eagle Crest.

In fact, it was Ida who’ got Or-
lean teaching in the first. place

by requesting private instruction |

for herself. Orlean recently.

‘taught a seascape course (begin-
ning with the scientific move-.

ment of water) ‘to six Terrace
artists, which then led to the
idea of an exhibit at the Terrace
Public Art Gallery. The Terrace

‘Parks and Recreation Depart--
ment will also be offering two, _
two-day art courses this month
and | next, ‘conducted. ‘by. ‘Herr- sf

‘mann. . ;

Even with her
approach to painting seascapes,

Orlean describes-it as "more like”

magic than science, and all must

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Painter from. Terrace’ s past.
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be. ‘done with ‘tlie ‘greatest “of
feeling and respect", ‘Her upconi-: :
ing Terrace exhibit she considers
‘eclectic. "I. tried painting: some-
thing for everyone. Everyone has

a different: ‘taste in: art. I’ve done

“a southern: belle, a Mediterra- -
nean scene, seascapes, people,’
Kermode bears, Sleeping Beauty.
Mountain and ‘a special painting -
of dn eagle crying. out (called.

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Terrace Review —— Wednesday, February 12, 1992 23

-. would like to take this opportunity to thank

| We individuals who gave so freely of their a

. “Orlean Herrmann . says, My .
aspirations © are to enjoy . and
paint the wonder of our beautiful —
universe, and to teach others. to.,
do- the same..It seems when you

work something out on canvas, |

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"Terrace Concert Society

_ Eugene Ballet Company's

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R.E.M.LEE THEATRE

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