r- WH1TBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1986, PAGE 9 Town may top $100 million in construction Toronto artist Brian Burnett with bis pain- ts Gallery from October 4 to 26. ting 'Partner Ceremonious'. The artist's Free Press Staff Photo works are on display at the Whitby Station Ar- Show reflects powerful vision By MIKE JOHNSTON ting. But if you take that deep, rich colours with having an eye and a Free Press Staff same image and more grey tones. mouth. Looking at the pain- enlarge it five times it "I paint from instin- The majority of Bur- tings of artist Brian will be more expressive ct," said the artist who nett's paintings also put Burnett you can't help and have more of a con- also tends to put to the viewer in an abnor- feel overpowered by the temporary look." distort reality in bis mal viewing situation. images and that's just Colours are also im- paintings. "I want the viewers to the way the artist likes portant to the contem- For instance, one of be looking from their it. porary image of Bur- the artist's paintings on minds eye," said Bur- "I want the viewer to nett's paintings. While display at the gallery, nett. "I want them to be be overpowered by the he admits he does not Screaming Mountain, subdued into the work painting and not the start a painting with depicts a forest fire on a and disoriented." reverse," said Burnett certain colours in mind mountain but the moun- as a number of his pain- he said they tend to be tain is portrayed as See Pg. 10 By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff Having already sur- passed 1985's record breaking year for the number of building permits issued, Mayor Bob Attersley is now predicting the town can top $100 million in per- mits by the end of 1986. And a look at the building permit report issued by the town's public works depar- tment contains the kind of figures to back up the Mayor's prediction. For the month of Sep- tember a total of $11,140,365 in building permits had been issued bringing the 1986 total to $80,117,462 with three months left in the year. The town broke the 1985 record of $68.1 million last month. "That's not bad for nine months we just can't keep up with it," said an enthused Mayor Attersley. Noteworthy in this month's report is the total number of living dwelling permits which have been issued this year, 811, which in- cludes 76 apartment units. Mayor Attersley said the town may pass the all-time record for living dwellings which was set at 1035. The only downward swing for the town is the value of commercial permits which have been issued. Figures show that as of September 30, only $4,918,100 worth of commercial permits were issued compared to $7,698,110 issued by the same time last year. This, even though 64 permits have been issued so far this year compared to 63 for all of last year. "I'm not too worried about the commercial," said Mayor Attersley. "When you have the population increasing the commercial sector will catch up." The Mayor said that already for the month of October nearly $4 million in permits have been processed which includes a $1.2 million permit for an apartment building to be built near the CPR overpass on Dundas St. E. Aldom Enterprises is building the 67 unit apartment building un- der the province's Ren- terprise program. Un- der the program the province will provide loans towards the building of the apar- tment building and in return, the builders are required to offer 40 per- cent of the apartments to needy familles with rents for those units based on their incomes. See Pg..12 10 FREE PHOTOCOPIES | WITH THIS COUPON. GOOD UNTIL OCT. 31/86 I 1121 DUNDAS ST. E. I 430-1444 __ tings were being hung for, a showing at the Whitby Station Arts Gallery. "It's the same idea as a movie on a big screen, the viewer shouldn't feel stronger than the pain- ting," said Burnett. Perhaps that is the reason why most of Burnett's work is pain- ted on very large can- vasses. But the artist does not subscribe to the cliche that 'bigger is better'. "I just feel more com- fortable working big, there is a lot more space to work in," said Bur- nett, who in his last show at the Isaacs Gallery in Toronto displayed paintings measuring 7 feet high by anywhere from 8 to 12 feet wide. "If you take a Ian- dscape measured 15"x18" it will be looked at as a historical pain- CANADIAN HOME THER APY LTD. 24 HOUR HOME SERVICE 185 BROCK ST. N. WHITBY, ONTARIO L1N 4H3 Telephone (416) 430-0039 Toronto (416) 674-0576 24 Hour Emergency No. (416) 433-2534 WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF OUR NEWEST LOCATION TO SERVE THE DURHAM REGION AT: 185 BROCK ST. N., WHITBY, ONTARIO L1N 4H3 (416),430.0039 THIS LOCATION WILL PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF CONVALESCENT AND REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND SERVICE IN ADDITION TO OUR PRESENT HOME OXYGEN AND RESPIRATORY THERAPY SERVICE. 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