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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-02-06, Page 1716 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Conservation Dinner names Goderich painter as feature artist Lakeshore Advance The committee organizing the 24th Annual Conservation Dinner has announced that the feature artist for the 2013 gala and auction is Madeleine Roske. The Goderich artist has five paintings in the permanent collection of the 1 iuron County Art Bank. "We are very honoured to have someone of Madeleine's talent bring her skills for this year's event,' said Bob Lave, Chairman of the Conservation Dinner Committee. Each year the Conservation Dinner selects an artist to create the feature art as one of the highlights of the live auction portion of the evening. Madeleine said it was a "pleasant surprise" atul honour to be announced as the 2013 Feature Artist. "1 d0 Care about the Earth, and the air and the water, and I think to he associated with the Conservation I )inner is really a good fit," she saki. Madeleine was horn in Wales and Iive(1 in several places in her youth, including stints in Scotland and Montreal, (Quebec. She carne to Ontario, with her fancily, as a teenager. She has enjoyed visual arts her whole life but her painting began to flourish after she became a number of the Goderich Art Club in 1985. She later began to develop her lifelong interest in art as she attended classes at the Southampton School of Art during several summers. The former public health nurse gained a whale new vision of what art can be when she started it two-year art therapy program at the University Of Western Ontario in 1989. She saw performance art and the work of new artists with a "totally different view of art" and it expanded her vision of what visual arts could say. Painting has given her a way to "express the joy 1 feel in nature and my responsiveness to the natural world," she said. Painting requires skills and technique but Madeleine said "there is a part that cones from inside" and the art that people love exhibits "an intangible quality." She paints with the desire to combine the technical proficiency with the emotional ABCA Featured artist Madeleine Roske impact that resonates with the viewer. Some art inspires appreciation for the artist's technical skills, Madeleine said, and some art (like the work of Rembrandt, for example) can "bring you to tears." ilk. viewer's relationship with her paintings i;; not just what they see, but also what they feel when they see her %vork and the personal relationship they have with the painting's story. l ler main artistic medium is oil painting although she has also painted with watercolours and acrylics. Madeleine finds rich colours even in "the between seasons:' I ler themes are diverse but she draws inspiration from the natural surround ings of Iluron County, which she has called home since she moved to Goderich in 1976. "Iluron County provides an inexhaustible source of material and it is my privilege to record it," she said. 1 ler artistic inspiration often happens when something "catches her eye" in her environment, whether it be some flowers, the hack of a building, beach scenes, cows in a pastoral setting, or a farmer's market. Madeleine Roske's paintings can be found throughout Canada and farther afield, including international destinations such as the United States, I long Kong, and Germany.1 ler work can be seen at Goderich Co-op Gallery and Artworks etc. in London. For more information on the work of artist Madeleine Rorke visit mroske.cotn The Conservation Dinner is organized each year by the Exeter Lions Club, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, and other community members on the dinner committee. The support of businesses, donors, patrons, volunteers, and artists has helped the annual event raise more than $600,000 for local improvements in the event's history spanning almost two and a half decades. '(he Conservation Dinner supports accessible trails for environmental health and human health, conserva- tion education and recreation opportunities for young people and the young -at -heart, and commemorative woods that improve forest conditions and renumber loved ones, among other important local conservation work that could not happen without this kind of public generosity. 'the 24th Annual Conservation Dinner takes place Thursday, April 18, 2013 at South Iluron Recreation Centre in Exeter. People who would like to purchase a ticket, or to donate to the charity gala, may phone 519-235-2610 or 1-888-286-2610, visit conservationdinner.com, or e-mail info@abca.on.ca. Tickets are $60 each and buyers receive a charitable gift receipt for income tax purposes for $30 of that amount. The volunteer committee welcomes financial support as well as donations of art, sports and entertainment memorabilia, crafts and furniture, travel packages, jewelry, and other items. Construction to start soon! 1'('1i'1('frfl('1i1 ffi/(' lo (ii$COVe` 337 Bayfield Road, Godei ich, ON • www_int.1rl)ourhillstIites_c;I RETIREMENT HOME Independent and Assisted Living 1-877-831-2585 Call for more information! \ 111 ''1 Iitc r