‘Iudy Reimche and work. this is attached to.a restau-
Peninsula News Review. His pieces began to gain rant, the Carden Street
. a reputation, sales. in- Cafe. And, like the last one,

The new studio and Greased, and then he had ~ this also used to be his stu-
gallery in Brentwood Bayis — another problem: “Ienjoyed dio — but too much ofa
alte bit of deja vu for Roy the people, but-I couldn't good. thing has sent him
Henry Vickers. It's more: get any work done,” he said. _ packing again. This time, he

than just a homecoming for .” Go the gallery opened in hasn't said where the new
the Victoria-born-and-raised earnest, on land he pur- — studio is.

artist. There are just so_ chased, and he moved his. “Not bad, for a guy who's
many parallels to his gallery “studio out so he could con- retired.” He chuckled. Vick-
in Tofino. tinue to create. ers, an Oak Bay High

Many years ago,whenhe *. ‘Gn Saturday, as he ‘stood School grad, retired from
had his studio above a in a cedar-lined:room, the _ the Saanich fire department
restaurant’ in ‘Tofino, the -fullsome smells of:cheese. —-atage 27...
restauranteur suggested he “ang ‘spices from the hors “Painting was going to be
open his studio to people g’oeuyres tempting _ the — my hobby,” he said, looking
who were until then, stand- censes, and his colorful around at his work. “Some °
ing around: with little to. do prints and: ‘paintings bring- hobby!” ,
while waiting for a table to” ing the walls to life, he wel- Someone once said: ‘Find
cra ! come: wee eee. — comed_a steady stream of something you like to do,

kers, highilghti ng his latest ‘painting (at: right), was on __ Dec. 4 e how it would affect his life fay Like the ist on and a C ate worka ai
con Stelly's: ‘Cross Road. be ot Pg Se a Sh hel,

reer ait that could be. applied to.
MD eke ies Vickers, but. it, took him
eee awhile to figure it out. While ©
still in high school, he said.
che loved. the art classes, but.
‘didn’t think. of painting asa
" career. “Painting ‘ was easy; 1) °:
thought it-was no big deal.” =
_He shrugged, agrin playing Z
across his face.
, But he remembers well

JUDY REIMCHE PHOTO

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chioose from:

has: He said eta whose :
work: he. admires, - people :

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a ae own. path. And the H

yu "'see something
that’s when ~
you “know you’ re:on. your
way. I didn’t’ understand »
what he was talking about.”
“<Not then. But: when’ his”
“teacher saw ‘Roy Vickers’ in -
“his work, he helped ‘Vickers
see it too. But it wasn’t until
Vickers had spent some of
his life learning other hard
‘lessons that he began to see
just what ‘Roy Henry Vick-
ers’ had to say-in his painting.

His other influences in-
clude many people, from

Chief. Dan George’. and
Emily Carr to the Group of
Seven. But he brings ‘his
own traditions and his own
- voice to the canvas,

From now on, his paint-.
ings will be at the gallery at
the corner of Stelly’s Cross
Road and West ‘Saanich
Road. Where he'll be creat-
ing his works of artis his se-
cret ....at least for now.

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