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a Art Gallery until April 26. The show is titled "Sisters -- Images of the North®,

Artists and sisters Joanne Thomson arid Vikki Mackay display two of their Works from'the Show on exhibit at the Terrace

“Sisters — Images of the

North” is an. art exhibit on

display at the Terrace Gallery
April 8-26. The sisters are Vikki
MacKay and Joanne Thomson.
The mediums are oil, acrylic,
watercolor, graphite and char-
coal, and three-dimensional
shell collages. The works are ex-
ecuted on canvas, rag paper, and
linen paper. |

The pieces range from soft
and delicate, to strong and bold,
to whimsical. MacKay explains,
“The mountains and rivers of
this area provide an_ infinite
variety of images, their moods
and seasons reflecting a kaleido-
scope of changing colors and

‘scenes. The vegetation of our

great northern rainforest is
varied and beautiful, providing

a delicacy of form and color to
the appreciative eye."”

Thomson says of her pieces,
“The works are not meant to be
analysed and examined. They
are meant to be felt, some brief-
ly, some contemplatively.’’
Many of her works come from a
recent kayaking trip to South
Moresby Island; all are from her
life in northern B.C. Both

Terrace Little Theatre
strikes current note
with new production

The Meech Lake Accord is in

the news daily and the whole na-

‘tion has its eyes focused on

Quebec. It is with this in mind
that the Terrace Little Theatre

_.has chosen to present the play
Forever Yours, Marie-Lou by

Michel Tremblay.

Director for the play is Ken
Morton, a teacher at. Uplands
Elementary School and an active
member of the Terrace Little
Theatre for the past 21 years.

| -Morton’s most recent directing

role was the Christmas produc-
‘tion of Ladies in Retirement.
Forever Yours, Marie-Lou

‘deals with:the realities of life of

sa working class family in East

“ ~, Montreal. The story is.contered .
; “around | a ‘neighborhood ‘and one:

family. imprisoned in a ‘cell’
created by the Roman Catholic
Church and a fatalistic attitude
forced upon the down-trodden
occupants of a lower class apart-
ment.

The father Leopold is some-
what crazed by the ‘mores’ of
society which entomb him dur-
ing the day in a factory and at
night in the beer parlor drown-
ing his sorrows.’ The mother
(Marie-Lou) lives a life strictly
controlled by her religion and
lack of understanding or sym-
pathy from her husband.
Manon, a daughter, resents the
comparison with her father. She
seeks: solace in the strict

adherence, to.-her mother’s.
. religion. Her sister Carmen finds °

liberation through singing in a
night club and indulging her sex-
ual freedom.

The family is modelled closely
on the playwright’s own. He is
in reality the ‘‘Carmen”’ of the
play. This dramatic play, with
its odd bits of comic relief, will
be presented at the McColl
Playhouse at § p.m. on April 18,
19, 20 and 21, in tandem with a
second play No Problem.

. Both plays are rated mature as
some of the language may be of-
fensive to some people. Tickets
are available at Sight & Sound in
the Skeena Mall. Forever Yours,
Marie-Lou has been entered in
the Skeena Zone Drama Festival
to be held in Prince Rupert on
April 26, 27 and 28,

women are long-time Terrace
residents. Vikki credits her early

artistic training to their father,

Don Tomson, also an accom-
plished painter. Both their
parents and their grandparents
have painted. Thomson and
MacKay have taken art courses
through the Emily Carr College
of Art and Design, and Thom-

isters hang together at gallery

son also studied Fine Arts —
studio and history — at UBC.

MacKay expresses her goal in
presenting their art exhibit ‘‘to
present a small piece of the
beauty of our area.”” Thomson
says, ‘“‘I hope you will see’
humor, awe, memories of places
you have been, hear the quiet
and feel the laughter.”’

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