Blunt
creates
home
murals

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passing emction of that instance
but the enduring core of his char-
acter.

As Onley abserves, “She
doesn’t just paint pictures, she
puts people into an environment
that reflects their personality.”

Two months ago Vancouver res-
ident Tarni Kerzner commissioned
Blunt to create a portrait of her
one-year-old for her husband
Brian’s birthday. The painting, says
ferzner, wes “absolutely incred-
ible.””

“You can actually see my son’s
personality on his face,’’ she says.
“People who have bought my
paintings,” says Blunt, “have told
me that it’s like having the ghost of

the person in the room.”’

Born in Harbin, Manchuria in
pre-revolutionary China, Blunt's
family moved to Canada when she
was three, making their home in
Victoria.

She says she knew she wanted
to be an artist since the age of
three and went on to study draw-
ing and painting in England at the
Hammersmith School of Art and
Architecture, the Byam Shaw
School of Drawing and Painting
and later at the Royal Academy.

After graduation Blunt answered
an ad for a charwoman that was
placed by none other than Yoko
Ono. She began working a5 Ono’s
private secretary and helped or-
ganize her art exhibits.

Then, in 1968, she moved to San
Francisco to teach fine art at the
College of Marin.

Five years ago, Blunt decided
she needed a bigger canvas thar:
the standard painting could offer,
so she began working in trornpe
loeit.

She has since created extraor-
dinary landscape murals and ar-
chitectural illusions for a number
of Vancouver restauranis, stores
and private homes.

But portrait painting, she says,
has always offered her the greatest
challenge and the greatest
rewards.

Theatre
groups
win

FIRST IMPRESSIONS Theatre and
the North Vancouver Community
Players were winners at the B.C.
Festival of Plays’ Mainstage ‘90
held earlier this month in
Chilliwack.

Deep Cove’s First Impressions
Theatre won a certificate of merit
for its entry Rites of Spring, written
by Peter R. O'Rourke and directed
by Sarah-Ann Dafoe.

The play received awards for
best supporting actor, best sup-
porting actress and best sound and
lighting at the North Shore Zone of
the B.C. Festival of plays held in
April.

The North Vancouver Com-
munity Players’ production of
Garage Sale received honorable
mention for best costumes.

The Nanaimo Theatre Group,
meanwhile, dominated the com-
petition, winning best production,
best director, best actor, best sup-
porting actor and best set for One
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Last year’s provincial festival
winner was North Vancouver
Community Players’ for their pro-
duction of The Dresser.

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