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Wednesday, September 12, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B5 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT iOAKVILLE ART SOCIETY · PAINTING -GALLERY ·POTTERY -CLASSES MANNO S. MOORE SEPT 8 OCT 3 FALL CLASSES REGISTER NOW Photo by Glen Thiessen Oakville artist Gordon Miller will feature some of his native art, such as the one he is holding here titled, Ghost Camp, in an art exhibition with Milton artist Maureen Casteller at Industri al ArtSpace until Sept. 16. For more information, call the gallery at 905-469-8954. Artists both enjoy pushing the envelope with their art Although M iller's heritage originally piqued his interest in native art, it was a visit to the ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Museum of Anthropology in BC, that really con Gordon Miller speaks to people in unusual vinced him to try his hand at it. And much of his art since that visit has reflected a native theme ways. When he was a young man those messages from totems and tepees to people and pelts. But the Oakville artist also enjoys a technique were sent through telegraph wires via Morse code. Now, at age 70, he uses images on canvas involving images of large animals painted on torn cotton rags that have been glued on illustra to get his message across. And that message often conveys feelings and tion board then roughed up a bit with sandpaper. emotions, sometimes through native art - both After this special technique, M iller's bears as his grandfathers married native women, one well as his African elephants, rhinos, and buffalo Ojibwa, one Cree - sometimes through land take on a tough-hide appearance. Now, the septuagenarian is turning his cre scapes or animals or his personal favourite ativity towards abstracts and printmaking, and abstracts. "When you're painting a bam or a tree, you're switching his medium from watercolours to painting what you see. But with an abstract, you acrylics. Miller and Milton artist Maureen Casteller don't know what you're opened a two-w eek art painting. W hat's inside of exhibition at Industrial Art you com es out. You're "...w ith an abstract, you Space this past weekend. paintjng with your heart, Titled Echoes o f the Earth, don't know what you're your gut and your mind. this exhibit will feature There's more feeling in it, I painting. What's inside of their complementary paint think," he says, adding that you comes out. You're paint ings in the gallery at 2334 he also thinks abstracts are a Wyecroft Rd., Units 8 and ing with your heart, your natural progression for most 9 until Sept. 16. artists. "I enjoy doing pure gut and your mind. There's The 20 or so works of abstract." original art, mostly more feeling in it, I think." As part of Artists 24, acrylics, in this show will Miller says the goal of this range in price from about co-op group of artists is to $300 to $900. break away from the usual, and introduce the "We have the same feeling towards art," public to more contemporary artwork and tech Miller says of Casteller, who, he adds, also niques. enjoys abstracts and other "different ways of But M iller has not always been on the cutting putting paint on paper...She asked me to go in edge of art. He began with the traditional, and the show with her, and I jumped at the chance." only after retiring from CPR and trying his hand Echoes o f the Earth , "examines the artists a prospecting for awhile. But, he says, even relationships between nature and the environ though the gold of the north eluded him, the ment," says Casteller, adding that she and Miller beauty of it did not. "share an energy and love of the land that res "Prospecting was a little too much w ork.. .So, onate throughout their paintings." I decided that painting was the way to go," he Reproductions on canvas of M iller's African says, adding that he still heads north to paint, a animals are also available on the Internet at career he began with drawings as a child, and www.juma-art.com. For more information on Echoes o f the Earth, enhanced after retirement with lessons at the Oakville Art Society and Sheridan College. Now, for gallery hours, or to make an appointment to he paints full-time and has for the past dozen see the art, contact the Industrial ArtSpace gallery at 905-469-8954. years. By C a ro l Baldwin A-B-C FOR THE OAS: Awareness, Bargains and Cleaning were the goals of the Oakville Art Society (OAS) on Saturday as member artists raised awareness for the OAS by inviting people to shop for bargains that were offered as a result of cleaning out their studios. Shirley Tilden, above left, checked out some of the unframed watercolors and monoprints that Helen Hendry was selling at this Art in the Parking Lot event. Other items on sale included pottery, frames, and art supplies. For more information on the OAS, call 905-827-5711. Photo by Barrie Erskine at 8:00 p.m. at the OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4/01 ABBA Mania Win a pair of opera tickets Opera Mississauga is holding a draw for two pair of subscriptions to its 2001-2002 Season. To be included in the draw, entrants must fax their name, address, phone and fax number, with the correct answer to the question below, to the Opera M ississauga office at 905-306-9976. The deadline for entries is Friday, Sept. 28. The question is: Who composed La Traviatal The 2001-2002 Opera Mississauga season will include La Traviata on Oct. 13, 16, 18 20; Tosca on Feb. 23, 26, 28 and March 2; and Aida on April 27 and 30 and May 2 and 4. -THE B E E Artists wanted forAutumn Fest Downtown Oakville is gearing up for its annual Autumn Festival, sched uled for Sept. 15. The downtown Oakville BIA is inviting all local artists to participate in the festival by setting up an exhibit somewhere in the downtown core. Artists interested in participating can call the BIA at 905-844-4520. Along with the art expose, the fes tival will feature a pancake breakfast, a one-day sidewalk sale, a corn roast, a wine tasting pavilion, and live enter tainment. For m ore details, visit www. oakvilledowntown.com. Every year, the 5000 volunteers of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCG A) participate in more than 1700 search and rescue missions, resulting in over 200 lives saved. To reach all those that need help, we need your financial support. For more information, call (613) 991-5714 or visit us at www.ccga-gcac.org GEE'S with members of the OAKVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA " I f you liked M amma M ia, you ' 1 1 love Abba M ania!" "Closest thing to Abba anyone has ever seen " from the cast o f M am m a Mia " Unbelievable - Ottawa Citizen " Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary 200 Kent St, 5th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A0E6 Registered Charity 87029 8494 RR 0001 Tickets Available at the Oakville Centre for Performing Arts 130 Navy S t Oakville, O N 905-815-2021