Wednesday, April 6, 1983

Potter, painter
show at Maples

A new show — presenting
paintings by Dorothy Ross and
pottery by Art. Brendon —
opened Sunday at. Maples
Gallery.

Ross -emigrated to Canada
from. :Yorkshire, England, in
1946 and apart from a brief stay.
in Vancouver and several years in
California, has been a Vancouver
Islander since that time. Married,
with three. children, © Ross
resumed her art career when her
children were grown.

Primarily a painter, the artist

has been exhibiting and teaching -

for 10 years. During the last six
years her work has undergone a

_major. stylistic change, mainly

due to ‘the - influence of “Asian

studies. The works of the Chinese
- master. Mu-Chi.- and. Japanese

master Sesshu Toyo have been
important in the development of
this later style.

Says. Ross, ‘‘I cannot ‘not
paint’. | have something I want

use of light are used to present a
belief: that: man.inhabits a multi-
faced universe.

Ross uses high-keyed color to
support the imagery and color is
used as tone to give -harmoic

support to her.theme. All but two_
of her. paintings are oil. on

canvass, the others are oil on
hardboard. .

Art. Brandon was. born in
Toronto. He: attended Kootenay
School. of . Art, . receiving a
diploma in commercial — art,
painted and worked in England
and studied and apprenticed with
Luke Lindoe and John Porter in
Alberta. 7

In: 1975 he. moved to Victoria
and taught at Camosun College,
in 1976 he started a- pottery studio

in Campbell River and two years.

later opened his own studio in
Victoria. He is currently working

~ and teaching at Pearson College.

His exhibitions and group
shows. .include..a. display of

ce TAs Bes

to. say:'—- whether. or not. itis
worth saying. Paint ~is the
medium, color the expression. ‘‘:
A single theme dominates all
20. paintings. | Existential © in
nature, it-expresses the idea that ;
the infinite is in the world around - Artists at Work, Victoria Art
us. Recurring images such as Gallery; 1978 — show at Maples - P
birds, a solitary figure and the Gallery. i

paintings in’ Toronto in 1969,
scculpture. the same <year in:
Montreal; - 1970 .— .. painting 0)
exhibition. in New-York;..1973. —
paintings at Surrey Art Centre;
1974. and. 1975... exhibition,

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By! MARY KIERAN S

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“looked much. bleaker than those
Of an- “unmarried woman ‘of |
‘middle age and. middle class in’ : fire” department] Baer |
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British -gentlewomen: are faced fi ine. local. citizen, liked by.
with: destitution, not. to: mention everyone ‘who met him; passed’
‘prostitution, were they. une away, on March ‘15.-He is ‘sadly.
fortunate | enough | to. come up. “missed by :Central - Saanich

ment lost a. person who was.
unselfishly. dedicated. to. service.
Ken leaves an open space which
cannot. .be filled by one man
alone. ‘He will be sadly missed by
his wife and. children. Our
: thoughts will be with. them for ‘a
long while to come. : =

-For, his. funeral, flowers. were

By Peter Cellarius -
[Central Saanich volunteer:

FOR AN AT HOME
PRESENTATION ON

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testimony. of.
published i in Ae t pamphlet and

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answering, our alarm, ‘to hear his - ‘fire © department, herding
“voice announcing. the: first “members through. ‘driving,
emergency vehicle onthe air... courses and airbrake courses and ~
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loaded into the ambulance and. cessary.. for his. job: lors the a
his practical jokes were many. ne municipality. ' pecs
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presence : felt. in. Canada, and:
Jackel. speculates they may. have -

ents “reveal. ‘the. : vomen to ‘be
“unprepared for the isolation and.
- physical ha ‘dships” of life in their:.
new country et many of these
women, as’ ‘Jaccket’ points out,,
found» that “emigration” to the.
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