Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1992 - North Shore News - 33 The right stuff WV painter Unity Bainbridge | Oh these rnountains! They won't . , , is bulk up. They are thin and papery. They won't brood fike great sitting hens, squatting immovable, unperturbed, strong, guarding their precious secrets ‘till some- thing happens, At ‘em again, old girl, they’re worth the big struggle! — Emily Carr . The sun must beat on me and my Evelyn Jacob canvas. The wind will trouble me, but | must be there — to reach out SPOTUGHT FEATURE and touch, smell and see it. that drove both women to seck Always. The landiwas born in— —_ gut the remote northern villages, and the people who came here secluded inlets and brooding first. a forests of Canada’s westernmost — Unity Bainbridge province. . “it sounds comy, but I’m the - same as Emily Carr in that way — : : oo . NITY BAINBRIDGE sm not happy unless I'min B.C." aE ——S = = ~ NEWS photo Mike Wak doesn’t even try to professes Bainbridge, who at 76 Weton compare her work continues to raam the forests, WEST VANCOUVER fainter Unity Bainbridge is an “‘enormousiy important’’ B.C. historical artist to that of British Colurnbia‘s bushwacking into the heart of Brit- and yet she has never received the recognition she deserves, says friend and admirer, Jane Clark.- most celebrated painter. in the early days, Bainbridge she was, in her own words, But at only 23 she found herself _ like white people. But | stayed hea, didn’t think twice about travelling “born at the appropriate time” braving the elements, both natural on,’ Bainbridge recalls with the .. ~ But there are remarkable simi- alone by freighter up the west and “learned to do appropriate and manmade. . courage of a soldier. “I stayed ~ - larities between the lives of both coast and into distant foggy bays. things’ in those days — she . “tcan remember once this old alive.” . Ut artists, their passion for the B.C. The product of a genteel family hadn‘t been bred to the career of a * native woman came to my door landscape and courageous spirits and all-girl boarding schools — trailblazer. with a carving knife. She didn’t See Experience page 48 ‘4 Join us Wednesday night 7 p.m. ~ 9 p.m. All the lovely shops on the Second Level will be open to welcome you with Christmas specials and other surprises. So put for an Early Festive Eve. “Lonsdale Quay Market, Wednesday Night, December 2nd” a Early Festive Eve is dedicated to the charming the top of your Christmas list. , proposition thar Christmas shopping is supposed to ® Share our Strength launches their commitment to the be fun. To set a properly festive tone we have en- community at Festive Eve with the opening gaged the services of two rather splendid choirs and local of their food depot at the Market. The children’s entertainer Jocy Hanton. public is invited to bring donations We'll also be serving up such holiday goodies as eggnog, of either perishable or non- coffee and, of course, Christmas cookies. perishable foods and toys.