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Prior to their missionary assignment, the McDonalds ved in London, Ont. Lioyd is now doing maintenance for Parkwood Menâ€" nonite Home and Eleanor manages the Woodland Terâ€" race seniors residence. Their jobs allow them enough time, Eleanor says, to continue to learn and grow as artists The McDonalds moved to Waterloo in 1985 after working out of the country for 11 years with the Transworld Radio mission in the southern Caribbean weekend in Waterloo. 6 While painter Eleanor Joy i’r McDonald and her husband scuip (s tor Lioyd J McDonald have shown _ [ their work in several juried exhibiâ€" j "“ tons and on occasion in galleries, 302 they have never before hosted their own exhibit. e i *I guess it takes a while to get 2 â€" your nerve up," Eleanor Joy 6 °* ' McDonald says. "Anyway, we just k feel ready to do it now. I‘ve been _ ie studying at Gallery on the Lake near Buckhorn, and we‘ve had our work in some galleries, some of which nave closed. So we‘re just trying to look at ways to market our works." Local couple exhibits their works for the first time in their own exhibition this Two of the bestâ€"kept secrets of the local arts community will MCK . 7B >3Gom â€" $00pm + SA1 93tGm â€" >0Gpm » SuM 1 1â€"000m On The First Day of Christmas, My True Bear Gave To Me The joy of giving is upon us at Conestoga Mail. Starting at 3pm each Monday we are giving away one of six adorable ceramic bears as a gift with purchase. Just present your Conestoga Maill receipts for $100 and you‘li receive one of our collectable Christmas bears (while quantities last). By Deborah Crandall CcONnESTOGA MALL esrmag Pecaek, "I do highâ€"realism art. One of the most frequent comments | hear when people look at my paintings is that they look like photographs. My last painting is of Secretariat â€"â€" a head and shoulders of the horse. I also do landscapes, water, animals, birds, flowers, and I have one portrait. "So it‘s quite a variety," Eleanor says describing her work. "My husband does busts in clay. He has an Indian head, and a sheitie dog, and a bust of a man that sings in Elora called The Busker of Elora." / The pieces featured in their upcoming exhibiâ€" tion, Eleanor says, will be uplifting and will celeâ€" ) brate the beauty of creation. "We‘ve been to some exhibits that were quite J depressing â€" all abstract and it looks like the artists doesn‘t know where he‘s going or he‘s lost hope," Eleanor says. "So I‘m hoping that at our exhibit peoâ€" "r 7P e ? ple will feel good and enjoy A + the beauty of what God has ’\ put all around us." + * The exhibit featuring Eleanor Joy McDonald‘s cil, watercolor, and aarylic paintings and Loyd J. 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