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V 1S ART VICKERS ua1 whole monili on an original p.iinmie Sometimes more, as when one of the family cats happened to top a jar of pa spilling it out over the entire painting! is self-taught, has never taken one an lesson, but must have watched his hroi Roy a lot. Riding On Nobody's Shirt Tail Invitation To Enter Images & Objects X The Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils invites all artists and anisana in the Province of British Columbia lo lubmit works for the tenth annual provincial juried oil exhibition. Images 4 Object* X. 240 works in total will be selected to represent the twelve region* of our "spur-of-the-moment" buy. Directions In his latest work. "The Malahat". he i recreating a vision of subtle changes ir colours and shapes, where - in his own words - Mother Nature had tapped hin the shoulder, beckoning him to slop ar absorb. In this work you will see a nev direction with softer tones and shapes. Ten works will he selected repfcsenlmp the North Shore, including Suu jirmh Whistler and Bowen Island at die North Shore Spring Juried Art Exhibition, which will be held Feb. 18-28. 1992 at The Silk Purse in West Voneouser The jurors for the North Shore will be Martin Hönisch and Sandra Scmehuk who will also be available tor i riiitjues and general discussion. Enter works for jurying on Friday. Feb. 14. 1992 (mm 10 am to over of the next issue of "Super I Islands" magazine and some of his .ire still displayed al Spirit Gallery. Imuges & Objects is the visual arts component of the B.C. Festival of the Canada, involving over 100.000 individuals throughout the province Art in Public Places. Step-by-Step At Spirit Gallery. Art was showing his silk screenings, and some of his etchings. He had about 16 framed prints of various stages of the silkscreening process and happily demonstrated the laborious stepby-step method used to produce serigraph limited edition prints. Each screening (each colour of the original painting) is pulled 150-300 times in order to get the right colour, and registration must be extremely tighl and accurate. He also had some hummingbird etchings, done on zinc, where the only problem is that the /im breaks dovui ilk- IMI.IL> inn last, making for weak last prints. Later works will be done in copper, since that will keep the ridges much better. Tradition Mixed With New Images Art Vickers paintings are mostly comprised of haunting images of British Columbia nature. His earlier works were done in strong colours. His newest works are much softer. Most of his originals were done in aery lies, sometimes watered down almost to a watercolour. and now he has begun working in pastels (pencils). But look closely. In the strong, new age type paintings, you will find the shapes of Local artist Tom Zuber seemed ex-zuberant to see his year long "An in Public Places" project publically unveiled at the William Griffin Pool Chamber in October 1991. He explained that his gigantic pool mural had literally put him in the hot scat! Working on scaffolding in the pool chamber, high above the recreation activity, he discovered that heat truly does rise! The result was hot, sweltering conditions for the local painter. Nevertheless, Zuber pushed on and the result is a part of Images & Objects will be eligible to receive room, board and travel subsidies to atlend the TcMival. where ihree and a half days of professional developmeni workshops will be offered. Artists have the opportunity U Uli,,' . 1 « . . & Objects and the B.C. Festival of the Arts will be held in Vernon. British Columbia. Ma) Z7-31, 1992, The official unveiling was attended by pool users, members of the arts community. Recreation Commissioners and members of both North Vancouver City and DistrictjCouncils. The short ceremony concluded with a diving display by the North Vancouver Diving Society. 'histlcr Ans Council. Pene I, 932-4047; Bowen Island s Council. 947-9447. Call To Paint An "Official Trademark" For Qualicum Beach on March 6.7, & 8.1992. At this lime a original pablting »ill be chosen and adopted as the town's "official trademari Artwork must be of the Qualicum Beach area and a registration form along with $10 must be received by February IS. 1992. For more information please coma. Marie Bonney. Manager of Qualicum Beach 50lh Birthday Cclebralions. Call 1-752-1992 or Fax 1-752-1993. niiiiin Art History Lecture Series & Art Gallery Tours healthy sense of humour, not taking anything away from - bul adding to - his H a r d Work and Integrity Art and Jessica Vickers live on a farm outside Duncan on The Big Island with their chickens and cats in utter harmony. An gets up at 5 am and puts in about 7 hours of work every day. aflcr which he will tend to the farm or go golfing. He works very intensely, ai times spending a 6 A . . . A . . . . . W . . , . , 1992 s Studio in (.......... ti........ or additional please relcphooe on al 254-9153.