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Christan Corbet saw one of his > be 4 ee Uae om, ay ‘ Excel De f .
more recent works rise to the stam- fe Doe Sr ; w Weds e A : , enrichment this summer
dard when he received word that it oe 0) _ ; ae a ae
had been accepted by Her Majesty . . any . : ot HB eae Ay eos
Queen. Elizabeth. the Queen _ & Teh S So ee Ss » With Syl an's positive, caring
Mothers ee fa ue individualized instruction,

The 20-vearold artist had writ- BERR SRSB AS, Bol Toe 2 aa |e F A HE: students find their grades
ten to the Queen Mum's private sec- ! ’ ‘ ON ; ; : ‘s 5 soaring — along with their self-

retary “Alistir Aird to request the |
gift of an oil painting, Elizabeth Me i A confidence. Instead of dreading

Holding a Ribbon, for. her 5th ‘ eae oo a8 ‘S § school, students actually look
hinhday in August. Aird recently : sort ee ve ,
wrote back with the good news that ‘ Be = ie , forward to it. We've alre ady
she had accepted the work. sight helped more than a million
unseen, into the royals’ permanent ‘ figs a : aN : ae BH Y children turn their grades
collection. : : :
. For Crrtwt the royal nod is just aie BH around. Let’s talk about how
the iemg on the cake, “What fasci- we can help your child.
nates me lore is that my piece will
be hanging next to Turners, Van 4 : ee BA .
Dycks and a Homer Watson. Its an f : Re Flexible schedules, morning
honor just to have it matched with eget ete: e : : f Sor afternoon classes
the masters.” said the artist. ‘ may aseees

Corbet. who grew up in Ajax,

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che: took private lessons with - NEWS phato Cindy Goodman “HH telping kids be their best” :
abstract painter André Bidler and LOCAL ARTIST Christian Corbet prefers acrylic abstracts, but his
jandscape artist’ Winchell Price © impressionistic oil painting has found favor with the Queen Mum.
while living in Ontario. .
Corbet was presented to the — actual time Corhet spent at his easel
}Queen Mather for his agcomplish-. a maximum three hours.
hments in the arts in Toronto in 1989, Though Corbet's preferred medi-
‘From that six-minute. meeting | um is acrylic, he chose oils for his
Corbet came: i witha tond . rayal work. ‘The 16°x 20" painting,
mpression oof England's most- impressionistic in nature, shows a
beloved royal Jamily member. She — young gir! sitting on a feather sofa
“emits kindness.” he said. looking down at her hand and a blue
Elizabeth Holding a Ribhon is. ribbon.
; sdoan charcoal studies Corbet © He is happy with the results. “1
did tran’ photos of the sjueen felt really good ~~ taken over by it”
Mother asa child. Return heme Corbet will travel to) England
ite one night from a dinner party, July €b to deliver the piece to the
heosays he had. as strony urge to Queen Mother's private wy.
paint, Corbet finished the base of The public will have just one
the painting in 43 minutes, iche ince to. view Corbet's) work
“With a fully loaded brush and |, before it joins the royal collection.
such confidence, | pul down what b. | Elizabeth with a Ribbon will be on
needed to pul down.” he said. : display at Park Royal North, in the
The work was then completed | second-floor Galleria this weekend,
over the next three weeks, with the © June 3 and 4.

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