Sunday, March 81, 1996 — North Shore News — 19 POOR BAe ARNEL AN KY NBL PNT TE RAAT NEUES MEA WASTES OMEN ATS MEPES AOR UATE TA IE MRE SPRUE Na ae — ct) 5 a ‘i te, — 7 8: Impressions of Lower Lonsdale _ Eleanor vintage years _ [SHOULD have asked when I was there. » Thad gone into North Van's city hall to query the - Engineering chaps, and on » the way out stopped to take a “look at the current art show. Do you kriow about that little “;'gallery, just on your left **’ when you enter the City offices from the Library “apron? ‘Artists are given usu- »- ‘ally a month’s‘ exposure — ©: 801 times a bit more or a bit ‘and its a love- ly opportunity for lots of . people to see their work; -something artists need like: ' “the the rest of us need food and Unfortunately everyone in -city hall who knows anything a bout its tty-gritty, charges al sf, thin, His work struck me as so French, you see, so reminis- cent of the Impressionists — as a matter of fact my first few glances gave me the idea they were paintings of Parisian scenes, and I was very curious. When we did talk togeth- er, later that day, Doug told me that his tenure had evapo- "rated —- on the Monday morning, last Monday morn- ing, he had to dismantle the walls before nine o'clock. His time had run out, there was a new talent waiting in the wings. Well, shucks, I'd never get up there before nine a.m., but maybe he would be so kind as to bring the pictures, when he had them all loaded "into his van, to my apart- ment. He would. He did. And Thad a very intimate show- ing of everything he had hung up there. It was-a privilege indeed, having the picture as well as _ the artist a couple of feet, away, and hearing him say he had always had a leaning owards the French. . Impressionists. He. is in fact a product of North Vancouver, - foot of the Lower Lonsdale and has come to know it very intimately, He told me how he goes to look at a building he wants to do, Paine Hardware say, or one of the old banks, at dif- ferent times of day, from dif- ferent perspectives, to catch the changes in color and the shifts of shadows. He pho- tographs them, you see, in all their moods and different weathers, then he paints from the prints. It’s the way he communicates with his com- munity, he says. A couple of his paintings reflect a sense of humor, per- haps, a sort of “fey” feeling, in that when he did a couple of small store-fronts on Lonsdale, in what looks like early Sunday moming with no bystanders or traffic, he added a coyote, padding downhill. Another one, of the south ives on Fitst Street and helps his father in the furniture: manufactory Diisiness. He hus some of his pictures *: ig. there, he said, in the d I am sure if you’ asked tie would be happy for og - you'to come see them.’ And the work he is sently engaged in, the _ -- Vancouver's early days. He © told me‘he'feels that this is. "his place, as he termed it — " ™ incom Supplement (GIS) Ren ne. © Cal “800-277-991 4 (English) * 1-800-277-9891 5, (French) ° During this busy Period, the best time to call during «| business hours is at off, peak times: ves ‘a after 3 pm, -» towards the end of each week, or ~ mid-month. ‘© if you wish to report a change of address, or get general program information, please use our automated messaging service at the same numbers. it operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will provide you with the necessary information. | a n’t top up the gas tank. Gasoline vapours will escape when . your gos tank is foo full and contribute to smog. cepainting that is the biggest. *-., : part of his'living’and dream- ° wall of Paine Hardware’s building, shows the over- grown parking lot below it with a contemplative coyote looking at you while you park your car. When | remarked on this ~— coyotes figured largely in my childhood in the Peace River and I wondered at a city boy's knowledge of same — he said he had this feeling that we all live with nature even in the city. Sophistication is jus: a cover- up. Nature is reality. He has some fine paint- ings of Cates’ tugs, down beside the Quay. The water that surrounds them is wet and swirling. I asked him how he did it but he said it was just what he did, he did- n't really have a design. He filmed the boats, incidentally, from the second level of the “Q" that defines the area. One of his paintings, an angled shot of the corner of one of the dowager buildings down there, shows a cheerful old man in a blue shirt, as though he were part of a bill- board, perhaps. I had to ask, because there is no printing, no logo of any sort, and Doug just said he didn’t know where the old guy had come from or how he had got into the picture, but he was keeping him anyway. Maybe he was a ghost. We talked about the possi- bilities for artists in the plans that city hall is currently working on for that whole . historic area. There is men- tion in the planning papers of ‘ space for artists to display, both formally and casually, as well as an arts centre that would accommodate creative people of all stripes. Of course it will take a lot’ of money, and of course it will take.a good deal of-time. . too, but I would love to live to see it materialize. Get going, chaps. A selection of Pahl’s work | can currently be viewed at - Queensdale Gallery. . North Shore Health | 6th Floor, 132 West Esplanade North Vancouver, BC. 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