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WW 7. . 24 . WM i ltl or H income”: - VVI‘tIltt'siidL November s. mutt scenes from the HBigthlll'hOOd l ‘ I , O C C O C C O : Artist 3 paintings of hentage dlStTlCt to be displayed m uptown Button Factory i B“ HHNIFHtORMS'IUN "l loved it," she recalled of her f t hilt/[life surf], 7 experienies teaching them about f WM K N M g ) :irt “l did do some drawing on my I tier painting landsiztpes tor own heiore then but not very : Arum,» years. one local artist much, so Ltiit‘l’ working there, tor ti _. » H is“ . a v : " 2 173;; “-',. s s“ .. f‘ i ins turned her attention to couple of years I really wanted to rt" .- ‘ V i ” i i It“? ' WEE- ; what she knows best ) Waterloo's study art for myself." ' [ historic Albertrkliichregor neigh- She enrolled in the University of . l bourhood. Waterloo's fine arts program, , g * ’ Sharoanodley has been living which she took part time while 1’ .1: ' ‘, .j \i’ i there for about 40 years. btit she raising her children. it took many U .\ ' ifi‘qj I ' ' i only recently years to com- “ xv v /;‘~ .. t, 1' ,. " started painting plete the degree, ;; a f f. .5 3’ - 3‘ I”: ./’â€"- ._ ._,___ the images that and once shedid -:‘ [15" ii. ' 7 ' s ,A . . , . have been linger she returned to y, ‘4‘ ’ fl; ’ '3“ ' ’ . _ s“ '1 F ing in her tour u . social work on t ; . , . ‘ >55, st‘iousness. [It]? all-“(19’s “Minted and off to help .7 s l"; 3 la '5' :B \‘ - â€" - Ԥ ' ,5: "l've had them 0 am "IV OLUH pay the bills. ‘ t V . 'Y‘ V, l r, ' “7&9? ‘“ “‘5" ““"d ““d nelp libourhood " 8‘" a” a ,5" ’ ‘ E r-FRRW' i=5" , in thyself because g ' remained a part - - ,__ if ' r.“ . ‘ l‘ve lived here for isharon Woodley of her life, and m ’ ._ 1" r ‘15! ,1 so long." she said. lt‘urerlrmunnr two decades ago 1/ . a... t m ‘4 . .‘fs 3 * Pieces from she began pur- ' _ - ~ 14" r' ’ 3' g, her new Paintings suing her pas~ ‘ " . , 1‘ at» it ' ‘= Fé: From My Neigh- sion full time, a? . -_ ' :3 bourhood collecr l‘he painter 53$, ,1 ‘ . ’ tron will go on display at the But has dabbled with different subject - ‘ ton Factory, home of the Waterloo matters, but she always came back "“ ‘ community Arts (Centre, next to landscapes. which can be seen \ week. hanging on the walls of her home. Painting urban scenes is some "l love the spaces of fields and J5” thing new for Woodley. who has the skies # the diversity of patr “ 5' lived in the same home on Albert terns you find." she said, street. not far from Waterloo Park, Spiritually. she feels connected , ‘ since the day she moved to the to the horizon line and what's ‘ __ m- ‘\ g ~‘ -' ' . = “ , , city. above and below it . _ . Back then she was employed as "Both are ntVsiit'al and spiritual - . ‘ a social worker for t hildren. who to me ~ the sky and the earth," -__ ‘ she found responded well to arts she said actm'ties. Her abstratt 300:3 ( basing the ‘7 ‘, I f ' ' " . Waterloo artist Sharon Woodley's Paintings From My Neighbourhood collection will soon be on display in the r ‘ I e - Button Factory it includes some Winter scenes from the Alben-MacGregor neighbourhood. left . . I (WERWYWWYU t \ ' N White Horse series. for instance, bourhood Collection features t2 ordinator. Mitzi Schnabel. said she _ ‘ , ' features the animal on the horizon paintings and several sketches of especially enjoys Woodley‘s herr N . or going up towards a doorway in the Albert-MacGregor area. the itage homes paintings \ x the sky. city's first official heritage district. "I‘m into appreciating older ' ' \ ’ “That‘s when I realized land They include scenes from the homes," Schnabel said. “So (this A r y / scape is a spiritual expression for street and park and some historic collection offers) an awareness for ., . / ¢ ‘ me." she said. homes. people to appreciate these homes '_ i , ' “l found out that the white “i feel privileged and honoured and howourcommunity is still not ‘ horse is really a symbol of my to be part of this (special) neigh» likeToronto,‘ D ‘ ‘ soul.” bourbood." she said. "l think the The opening reception for i “ a ‘ -1 A couple of years ago her focus buildings and houses are heauti- Woodley's show at the Button Fac- ; L; . I _ . L“ " a .o~, began to shift from niral settings to fiil." tory is on Nov 14 from 5 p m. to T i . . ~ ’ . urban scenes. She found it was the natural pm. in the rotating gallery on the ”A y "I‘ve always wanted to paint my elements â€" such as trees and rose main floor V ‘ u o own neighbourhood.” she said, bushes fl that attracted her to Everyone Is welcome to attend ‘ ‘ adding she had done sketches over many of the images she painted this free event at the uptown arts \ the years but had never picked up though. not necessarily the archi- centre, located at 25 Regina St. S. Nymnmmm“um,fi her brushes to paint them. torture. The exhibit runs at the gallery . . .. .. . . . _fi 1 .. .. . . ._. ),.. .. 7.. W‘flw, Her Paintings From My NeighA 11m Button Factory's gallery cor until Dec 16, .â€" ‘ l I ’_ -. ‘ - - -' ‘“ \ l l V ' , \ 150 NEW UPLANDERS TO CHOOSE FROM ‘7 . .___.c one“... . ‘ . _, -. __ ! \ Starting at $16,995 @ ‘ \ a. no??? , 7“ w \ ‘ N'» THE tnt-ttttsmimm culvmn . 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