24 Terrace Review — Wesnesday, December 13, 1989 Three views of a _ colorful world | “AS | budding artists, we change form and move moun- tains,’” acknowledges Joan Brady. Diane Myhr adds, _ *‘Lorie corrects us.” iby Beity Barton These. three people, Joan Brady, Diane Myhr (who signs _-DYAN on _ her paintings) and ‘Lorie Parr are three of the _ founding members of the Skeena Colourists, a local water color group. The credit for ac- _ tually getting them motivated _-and organized, though, should go to. artist Anne-Marie Neh- ring. Anne-Marie was, for many years, an artist and resident of the Pacific Northwest. She now _ lives and works in Vancouver, but keeps in touch with the ‘north by putting on occasional painting workshops. - The fledgling painters first met at a Nehnag workshop follow-up held in January 1989. They discussed then, the. possibility of forming a painting group, with Anne-Marie’s, en- couragement. When they met again at a summer workshop, :+ she finally pushed them to _ organize, They started out with seven interested members. Most drop in on an occasional basis, but Joan, Diane and Lorie meet weekly. Elaine Parmenter, of Terrace Parks and Recreation, arranged use of the Emily Carr studio at NWCC, but two weeks ago the group had to move out because the building is being renovated and used for other educational . purposes. They’re presently look- . ing for another studio space with ‘good lighting, running water ...and a space large enough to ac- -, commodate the three artists, drop-ins and any new members who would be interested in join- ing them. Call Elaine Parmenter ‘at 638-1174 if you’ve any ideas. “The Art Show’’, sponsored by Terrace Parks and Recrea- tion, is the Skeena Colourists’ very first display of paintings. _They were all reluctant to enter * the exhibit because they didn’t think they were good enough. Elaine Parmenter encouraged them by pointing out that the show is a good way to promote. the kinds of courses Parks and Recreation arranges in the com- munity. The process of identifying their paintings for titling, sign- ing their names on the paintings - prior to. framing, trying to do ‘the matting and -framing themselves, made them realize the non-art traumas of dis- playing art, and also the reasons that professional framing is a relatively costly endeavor. Joan is starting to understand why artists become gypsies and starve to death. She would love to be able to devote more time to developing her newly found painting skill. Diane agrees, ‘If you miss a week, it’s hard to pick up momentum again.’’ But all three agree that doing it is satisfying and that going out on field trips really makes them ap- preciate the spectacular scenery and subtleties of the environ- ment that one might not other- wise notice. Anne-Marie took them on- location in their workshops and taught them how to sketch in. preparation. for painting and how to sketch in preparation for drawing. Lorie had been sketch- ing in pencil for years, but acknowledges that the process is very different if you’re going to go back to the studio and try to paint it. They all agree that water color is an exercise in frustration at times. But it is a moment of delight when something works. As an exercise, the three water col- orists chose three scenes to paint and then compared the results. The three very different versions of the same scenes are on display in the Terrace Art Gallery as part of “The Art Show’’. One is the scene of the Skeena River at Boulder Creek, Rd. (titled ‘Valley from Wood- land Heights’) and the third is an exercise in ‘brights’. See the work of these three workshop participants, as well as participants from workshops in Monart Drawing, Aqua Tin- ta, and Dave Comfort’s Water ‘Colour Workshop and many others, The exhibit ends Dec. 16; CATCH THE ACTION Visit the Northern Motor Inn, for nightly entertainment. Come to — where Y he ACTION Is. 3086 Hwy. 16 East 635-6375 the second, at — the top of the Old Lakelse Lake The Skeena Colourists are a group of local artists whose work Is currently 0 on display as part of The Art Show in the Terrace Art Gallery. Here Joan Brady (left), Lorie Parr and Diane Myhr show three different versions of the same landscape, a scene viewed from Woodland Heights In Thornhill. The Art Show continues. through Saturday. Chamber seeks space, money Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce met with the Terrace city council’s Tourism and Economic Development Committee -on Dec. 7 to discuss the city’s share . of the Chamber’s 1990 budget. The results of that meeting in- dicate a growing and changing role of the Chamber of Com- merce in economic and tourism development in the.area. - - Current plans call for the Chamber to move their. base of operations. to the presently un- disclosed future location of the Training and Enterprise Centre during the winter months but to continue operating the Info- Centre on Keith Ave. from April to September. During the winter months they propose to lease the InfoCentre to a local recrea- tional concern such as Mt. Layton Hot Springs or the Shames Mountain Ski Corpora- tion. This: lease arrangement could even include a consortium of local recreational ventures. As far as finances are con- cerned, moving to the Training and Enterprise Centre from the InfoCentre will mean a boost in provincial funding to the Ter- race and District Chamber of Commerce from $7,250 per year to $11,500. 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