22 —Nerth Shore Nows ~ Friday, December 10, 1999

Perfection!
Stayed out
of spotiight

JANE Billaux and Llewellyn Petley- Jones attest
to the variety of artists who have lived in West

Vancouver,

An accomplished artist with many prestigious awards, Janc
Billaux was shy and retiring. A perfectionist, she never achieved
the fame or recognition that her work merited.

By contrast, Llewellyn Petley-Jones was brash and headstrong.
Although he only spent-a few
years living in West Vancouver
he left a strong impression on
“the community, He spenr the
majority of his life in England,
where -his work was widely
_ acclaimed.

: Billaux was born in London
ea crane ot Rar

oO ere she
been awarded prizes for paint-— -
ing. She and her family arrived ©
in _, West: Vancouver in 1934.
: Broke, they. were | invited to.
-Move into a canvas-topped cot-
* tage at the foor of 22nd Street.
* for the summer — they ended up staying for 18 years. She was a
lover of still-life, 7 landscapes an Spo eid and worked hard at her
evaft. Her children that would often wake up in the
morning find that she had scraped off a canvas that she had
-w6rked oa for months...
- In the 1930s and’ 1940s she won three Beatrice Stone medals
fo her work, a feat unmatched by any other artist of that time. ,
Billauy’s association with the West Vancouver arts community ©
ee through het husband: Hugh Clifford and the fram-
in Aniieside.’ Arcists such as Alistair Bell,
foe ead Chiarles Stegman and Francois: Andre used to’;
pare Catford 3 3 Framing and. have Hugh Prepare their painit-

fie

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JANE Blau, pictured in 1980, trained at the Roya! Academy of Art bsfore coming te Hest Van in the '30s and.
settling ina canvas-topped cottage a? the foot of ai ind Street. Husbend Hugg Clifford owned Clifford’ bd Framing.

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