UNIQUE opportuni- ties always present themselves in the art world. This past Sunday artist Velvet Bailes held an art show and open house ia the intimacy of her home, a lovely spot snuggled away, in Horseshoe Bay. It is always i interesting to visit an artist’s lair ,especial- ly their studio. They are sanctuaries where individual- ity manifests and communi- cation is translated onto a two dimensional surface. Ve'vet like all artists Started out with a desire to draw, sketch, and paint her “surroundings as she saw them. Armed with tenacity she téok some courses but mainly her craft has been self-taught with influences naturally from other artists, .instructors and her students. Her first solo show was in. the home of some friends ; in Calgary.in 1985, it was there that a woman viewing the show asked if she would be interested in doing a workshop. Another dimen- ‘sion of this artist’s career unfolded. After moving to Horseshoe Bay in 1986 . Veivet continues to perfect Friday, November 26, 1999 — North Shore Mews - 37 TABLE HOPPING: FICK OF THE WEEK Mythos will help find the sun in winter Mythos Restaurant, 1811 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, 984-7411. Visa, MasterCard and American Express accept- ed. Open every day for dinner. Open Monday to Friday for lunch. Vegetarian babysitter? You could do cither. Mid- Lonsdale’s warm house of quality Mediterranean cuisine. Angelo Angelopoulos presides. Good Greek tood; lively atmosphere. A good place to chase the seasonal chill trom NEWS phate Cindy Goodman HORSESHOE Bay artist Velvet Baties held an opon house last Sunday to exhibit her work. her craft, intermittently teaching classes and workshops with the West Vancouver Parks and ; pRecreaton Board, and gives demonstrations for. various sketch clubs, Her classes are ular and she is considered a personal friend among many of her students. ae ard to separate out the passion of teaching trom the passion of painting with - vere Bailes As she says, “all parts make up the whele. Teaching allows me to deveiop, -continue and think abour what I do, it allows me to contribute and pass it on”. An artists : journey never ends, © a Home Waters by Joseph ‘Morniger Home Waters, - Chronicle Books, 190 broken the sens¢ of loss is deep and lingering. When Joseph Monniger discovered - lumps on his golden retriever, - Nellic, he thought the wors' ‘The lumps were removed bu. . the fear stayed. Believing that Nellie migh c ‘not be his for much longer he décides on an extended camp= ing and fishing trip together. - Possibly for the last time they k the open road together. ~ What Hows is the story - of their journey together ~. - which unfortunately turns’: into a fishing memoir and veers. away m. the emotion- - al connection benween dog ‘and man.. That Monniger cares deeply for Nellic is not in * question but he often appears © ~'to care a lot more about fish- ing. Ele does convey his love for the outdoors and his lush © descriptions bring to life the rivers and streams they visit. at Is The Groove by Eric Kohler, Chronicle Books, 132 pages, $28.95. Eric Kohler has gathered together a collection of album covers which celebrate the development of these illustra-° tions as an art form. For - those readers who were around when these albums were released; a treasure of memories awaits. Others who may be seeing these covers for the first time will be rewarded with a visual feast showing a style that has come and gone. In 1939, Columbia Records hired Alex Steinweiss as their first advertising and — Melanie Chnrsinalf promotional designer. At that time all of the 78s, which were the standard record medium; were released in plain covers. It was Stcinweiss who came up with the idea of specifically designed cover art. “Ar qwenty-three, Steinweiss _ had single-handedly created a new medium in graphic design.and changed forever the way recorded music was marketed and packaged.” The two hundred and fifty colourful examples in the. book, show some of the best artwork of the time, from the ~ beginning in 1940 to the late fifties. As time went by, pho- tography played a greater role. in the cover designs and by the end of the fifties, the very stylized and type heavy designs were no longer in fashion. 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