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PAGE 8 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY , JULY 22, 1981 A Waterloo resident has been elected to an advisory position in the Canadian Organization No fear, summer planting is still safe & easy because all our nursery stock is containerized so that you may plant without fear of disturbing the root sysâ€" tem. ~ Karen Redman is a ‘free lance writer for the Tourism Committee of the Waterioo Chamber of Commerce. Recently, I accompanied a group of visitors to some local art galleries and was again struck with how much we take for granted. No one left without purchasing.some treasure to remember Waterioo by. Summer has come & now that you‘ve spent some time in your yard, you may have realized you need some more shrubs or a tree or two to beautify your home or to provide an area of privacy. One of the galleries was the Art Studio at 59 Erb St. E., where the work of local artist Peter Etril Snyder is displayed. The house which has served as a gallery for fiveâ€"andâ€"aâ€"haif years was formerly the home of the artist. The two floors of the house contain originals, limitedâ€" edition prints, books and limitedâ€"edition china plates. %he.re is a short audioâ€"visual presentaâ€" tion on the artist‘s background. Snyder did a limitedâ€"edition series of china plates which were very successful. A second series will be released in four to six weeks which will be marketed in the U.S. as well as Canada. Snyder is no newcomer to the international art scene. Over half of his work has been sold in the United States and Europe. In 1979 there was an exhibition of his work in Ontario House in London, England Peter grew up on Dorset Street in Waterloo and began taking art lessons at the age of twelve from local artists. He attended the Ontario College of Art from 1962â€"1966 and then toured the great museums of Europe. in 1969 he began painting the Mennonites seriously. A considerable talent Resident elected to COPUS His work depicts the selfâ€"sufficiency, indusâ€" 1541 Highland Rd. W. Kitchener 745â€"9876 Summer Planting MON.â€"FRI. 8â€"6 SAT. 8â€"4 NURSERY of Partâ€"time Universiâ€" ty Students (COPUS). John Johnson (29) acâ€" cepted nomination to arc@n Centre the position of assistant provincial coordinator during the 5th annual COPUS congress held in Montreal recently. Johnson, a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier Uniâ€" versity‘s partâ€"time diâ€" Why not visit the Art Studio this week? In the next column, the Enook Gallery will be feaâ€" prohahly stems t started painting the old order Mennonites but has gained considerable ground with them because of his sympathetic treatment. Howevâ€" er, some still object to having "graven images‘‘ made of them. Horses play a big part in Snyder‘s work. He spent many hours as a boy grooming his father‘s horses and polishing the harnesses for the family milk business. His father started and ran the Maple Lane Dairy for 30 years until it was sold to Beatrice Foods Limited. Although Peter describes initial local reacâ€" tion to his work as "overwhelming blase," his talent was recognized in 1969 when the Kâ€"W Hospital commissioned eighteen paintings. In 1970 he held hiis first oneâ€"man show. His painting entitled *"‘Washday‘"‘ was purchased by the National Museum of Man in Ottawa in 1976. A year later Conrad Grebel College named him artist in residence. A book called Mennonite Country was published in 1978 which features 36 illustraâ€" tions by Snyder. Mahler‘s Hairâ€"a monium 886â€"7520 WESTMOUAT PLACE (BEHIND DOMINION) Hairstyling Limited ploma program in busiâ€" ness administration, attended the congress as a representative of partâ€"time students at University of Guelph, where he studies comâ€" puter science.