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Daniel Izzard DANIEL IZZARD - CLOSE-UP by Marius Soska Impressionist Daniel Izzard is one of Canada's best known contemporary artists. And he lives right here on the North Shore. His wonderful paintings of our province and its' people inspire many of us. It is our pleasure to feature him in the North Shore Arts News. Here is a little insight into the man and his art. As long as he can remember, Daniel was always drawing and interested in painting. Thoughts of earning a living fiom his art came much later in his life. In those early days, he says "You might as well say you wanted to be a bum, or worse, if you said you wanted to be a painter." His father passed away when he was very young but his mother always encouraged him in his drawing. "I was very happy to see when I visited my family years later, that they had kept a lot of the sketches I did as a child". The artist who inspired Daniel in his youth was Sir William Russell Flint, who at the time was the President of the Royal Academy of Arts. Daniel enlisted in the Royal Navy when he was 19 and came to Canada after the war. He had hisfirstreal break in the 50's at Eaton's Fine Arts Gallery in Toronto, and by 1961 he decided to make his living from art. Some of the rest made medical history. He now works about 4 - 5 hours every day in his studio. Interestingly, he never uses black, Prussian blue, greens with chemical tints and the so-called earth colours in his painting. He likes quite a few of the contemporary artists, too many to mention by name. The dreaded "creative crisis" plagues Daniel just like most other artists, "about once a year, but you have to work through it". His advice to any artists, budding or otherwise, is to "Draw a lot. Practice all of die time. Without a good drawing, you can't do a good painting". He has many subjects that he enjoys painting, "anything diat captivates me. If I find a subject boring, I cannot and will not paint it". Relaxation after work for Daniel may be reading a non-fiction travel book or listening to, or playing classical piano music. He enjoys sailing and building model boats. He likes sensitive, genuine "down to earth" people, dislikes those pretentious and insensitive. As for his favourite food, he says, "It's probably not very good for me, but I'm a true Englishman so I really enjoy roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and baked potato". Of all of the places he has visited, his favourite is Venice, for it's changing seasons and moods. N.S. Arts News thanks Daniel Izzard for letting all of us get to know him a littie better. Libraries N.V. DISTRICT LIBRARY 984-0286 At Capilano Branch: Thursday April 6, 7:30 -- slide show, CHINA TODAY with Don Ricketts of the Canada-China Friendship Assoc. At Lynn Valley Branch: Tues. April 18, 7 p.m. to celebrate National Book Week, popular local author JIM SPILSBURY will give a talk and slide show. N.V. CITY LIBRARY 98^4424 Sat. Apr. 1, 10:30 a.m. "April Fools Day" Storytime. 4 yrs. and up. "Bring a joke and try it out". Thürs. Apr. 6, 10:30 a.m. Canadian Author CELIA LOTTRIDGE who wrote "One Watermelon Seed" will entertain all ages. During NATIONAL BOOK WEEK (April 15 to 22) tiiere will be many special programs. Details 980-4424. Wed. May 3, 7 p.m. May Day P.J. Storytime. Sat. May 13, 10:30 a.m. Mother's Day Saturday Storytime. Tues. May 16, 9:30 a.m. Canadian writer KEN ROBERTS, author of "Pop Botües" and "Crazy Ideas" visits the library. All ages. Thürs. May 18, 1:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. the N.V. City Library goes to the Children's Festival Storytime at Vanier Park in Vancouver. WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY HAS EXHIBITIONS OF West Vancouver artists each month. During April, watercolours by VELVET BAILES are featured with an opening reception Apr. 3, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. with the artist in attendance. During May, paintings by MAX BANBURY will be on display. Call Rosalind at 926-3291 for details on these or other programs at the library. , 3