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A self-taught artist, Llewellyn Petles- Jones
was berm in Rdmouton and came to Vancouver
in 1933 to pursue a painting career. A benefactor
soon recognized his talent and sent Pedley-Jones
ta: show his work to the Royal Academy in
London. His watercolours of garly Alberta were
accepted and hung “on-line,” ch means at
eve level, an honour givers to verv few artists. He
stayed in Europe, eventually moving to Paris
where he became fiends with artists sucli as
Picasso, Whisder and Matisse. His portrait of the

Petley-Jones’ stay in West Vancouver was
short lived, lasting fess than five vears. He taught
brietly atthe Vancouver Art School (1952-1933)
and: founded the Businessmen’s Arc Club in
Vancouver. In 1954 she Alberta government
commissioned him te paint portraits of Quee!
Elizabeth and Prince Philip tor the Alberta leg
lature. He returned to | nd to complete the
paintings, serded in Richmond by the ‘Thames
River, and remained there for the rest of his life.

Jane Billaux and Llewellyn Petley-Jones a
two of the artists featured in Generations:
Decades of Art in West Vancouver 1912-1962, at

French artist Soutine hangs

Museum of Wales, Petley-Jones stay
until 1949 when he returned with his family to

1 the National

in Europe

Canada and settled in Horseshue Bay.

Plot line intricate and inspirational

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three hours, it undermines
the effectiveness of the heart
of the film.

There is one gruesome

We get the strong anti-capi-
tal-punishment statement the
first time we see someone fry

And there are a few red
herrings that are never pur-
sued. John Coffey’s line at
the crime scene: he utters the
same sentence when he is
brought into the prison, but
the writers never explain it.

Also, [ kept expecting
another encounter with Gary
Sinise, who played Jolin’s

r. Thankfully, the

the West Vanceuver Museum and Archi
17th St., to Dec. 18.
— K.L, Tsang with research bv Ingunn

, 680

Kesnble.

no last-minute calls to
governor, but there was no
real effort to free John,
either.

The plotline of The Green
Mite is intricate and often
inspirational. Though it falls
short of the monumental
“best filin of the year” buzz
that preceded 's certainly
among 1999's best.

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NEWS photo Paul McGrath

Behind the lines

CARTOONIST Lynn Johnston (ieft in above photo with Penny Smith) visited

North Vancouver's 32 Bcoks (140 E. 14th St. 980-9032) recently to sign copies

of her laiest collection The Lives Gehind the Lines... 20 years of For Better Or
‘or Yiorse. :

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