26 - Wednesday, July 24, 1985 - North Shore News

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From Pago 25

favorite ‘fishing hole’? at
Ambleside and throwing it
on his. drawing table to
sketch it.

“He'd put it in different
positions, putting its tail this
way and the head that way,
trying to get the right pose,”
said Shoji’s wife, ‘All the
while I'm asking ‘Are you
finished yet’?”’

Shcji explained: ‘When the
coho come out of the water,
they twist their bodies so |
had to twist the ones I
caught to get the right

Shoji believes it is harder
to paint fish with realism in
their natural
than it is to sketch animals
in theirs. So when he paints,
he said, he always has his
lures and fishing rod beside
him for inspiration.

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environment _

One of his paintings shows
a salmon feeding off the
river bottom with a crumpl-
ed Coke can.in the
foreground. Shoji says it il-
lustrates that we, as human
beings sharing this earth
with other living things, have
to ‘‘clean up our act.”

He is concerned whether
there will be any spring or

‘steelhead left to fish when

his seven-month-old son is
grown. Overharvesting,
pollution and industrial
waste will take its toll on the
salmon, he believes.

Dumping raw sewage into
the Fraser is considered by
some only a drop in the
bucket, but to Tak Shoji it is
“a 40 million galion drop in
the bucket that will show its
effect two: or three years
from now.”’

Right now Shoii is
negotiating with Japan's

salmon enhancement
gram to ‘‘exhibit and
hopefully sell some prints
which would go to th: salm-
on society in Hokkaido,”
Shoji said.

Shoji describes his tech-
nique as a form of sumie
painting, a Japanese method
using only black and greys
with a touch of yellow or
red. Unlike seascapes of

pro-

brilliant colors, Shoji’s
paintings draw you into
cold, cavernous waters of
the salmon’s retreat. His
colors are ‘‘cool, more settl-
ed down. They aren’t jump-
ing all over the place,’’ he
explained.

Sealife is what he wants to
paint, and Takashi Shoji
says he has only just scrat-
ched the surface.

Wooden boats
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WOODEN BOATS from
B.C. and around the world
will illustrate the art of the
boatwright at the Vancouver
Maritime Museum’s second

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Thursday for
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annual Heritage Boat Festi-.

val August 3, 4 and 5. .

The craftsmanship of ear-
ly boatbuilders and the, en-
during beauty of wooden
boats can be seen daily from
noon to 8 p.m., free, at the
Vancouver Maritime
Museum and the Vancouver
Maritime Museum Heritage
Harbour,. 1906 Ogden
Avenue, near Vanier Park.

Oar-making and boat
building demonstrations and
a model shop building com-
petition take place on dry
land, as do the Maritime
Swap Meet, entertainments
and_.games available. to all.
An old gaffers’ race is ex-
pected to attract many con-
testants. Refreshments will .
be available.

Information and applica

Museum, 1905 Ogden
Avenue, Phone 736-4431.

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MUSIC," THEATRE,
and architecture combined
with the natural beauty of an

island paradise will-form the -

art,

f

Hornby Midsummer Festi:, :

val,

A festival of performing.

and -visual arts, it is held on
Hornby Island,
August.4. The program of
performances and events will
culminate in three concerts
by Canada’s internationally
renowned Purcell String
Quartet, . August 2. , 3
and 4, These. concerts and

other events. will be held in -

Hornby’s Community Hall.

The fuil eleven-day festi- . ,

vat will feature performances
of the Noel Coward comedy
Blithe Spirit, a hot jazz con-
cert. and dance, a Hornby
Artists group show with a
special opening event, an il-
lustrated talk by artist. Jack

Shadbolt, showings of two_

noteworthy films, a family
show - of story-telling and
music-making, and -guided
tours of artisans studios and
Hornby Handmade Houses.

‘Hornby Island’s com-
munity invites visitors to en-
joy these vents as well as the
unspoiled beauty of the
island’s beaches, parks,
forest trails, and rural land-
scapes.

For accommodation and
ticket information phone
335-0434 or 335-2490, or
write to Festival, Hornby
Island, B.C. VOR 1Z0.

July 25 to.

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