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By day a commercial artist employed with a local advertising firm,
Pard Sholdice, of Goderich is getting into the portrait painting field.
A recent advertisment of his services drew an encouraging reac-
tion for the young artist, who is a graduate of a commercial art
course at Mohawk College, Brantford. (photo by Patrick Raftis )
Picture yourself on canvas
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local artist offers portrait .service
BY PATRICK RAFrIS
Having one's portrait painted was once
considered the ultimate vanity. Only the
rich and -or famous would indulge
themselves in the luxury of having their im-
age immortalized on canvas.
The advent of photography has made the
need for portrait painting as a way of
preserving one's visage less urgent.
However, Paul Sholdice, a local artist feels
there" is still a demand for portrait art and
he is currently making himself available to
fill that void.
Sholdice says he recently advertised his
services as a portrait artist, just to, "see
what kind of reaction I could get".
As a result of the advertisment and
through word of mouth, he has discovered
that there are some people out there who
want portraits done and he has already
made arrangements with some of them.
What kind of people get their portrait
done?
"People with a little extra spending
cash," for one thing, says Sholdice.
"There's just something about a painting,
and knowing someone has spent hours and
hours working on it, that makes it worth
more than a photograph or print," he said,
adding, "There's so much mass-produced
art these days."
Hours of sitting in posed positions are not
required by Sholdice's subjects, as he
prefers to work from a photograph. It's pro-
bably just as well that he prefers painting
from a photo, rather than a live model, as
Sholice says he prefers to view his subjects
upside down, while drawing.
"It's (turning the subject over) an old
painter's trick," he says. "It really makes
you observe what you're drawing, instead of
just drawing where you think an eye or an
ear is supposed to be."
Although he offers his subjects a choice of
media, he prefers to 'paint with acrylics.
Sholdice says the acrylic paints offer the
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artist the best•features of both water color
and oil-based paints, "without the mess or
smell of oil".
Other options for the prospective portrait
subject are pencil drawings, pen and ink or
pastel and Sholdice usually suggests
methods he thinks would be best for the
customer. Although people are his favorite
subjects, Sholdice does not limit his por-
traits to human models. He will also paint
pets, vintage cars or other subjects.
A graduate of a Commercial Art course at
Mohawk College in Brantford, Sholdice has
been in Goderich for the past year -and -a -
half, working for a local advertising firm.
At his full-time job he draws crests for T-
shirts and -hats and designs company logos.
He is hoping for his outside painting ac='
tivities to take off as a profitable sideline
and would someday like his own painting to
become full-time.
"It might sound arrogant, but I would like
to be well-known enough to paint a couple of
paintings a year," he says. That sort of
freedom is the kind that any artist dreams
about, and would allow him to really perfect
the paintings that he does, he said.
Indian art has been one of the major in-
fluences on Sholdice's own artwork, he
says. After finishing high school, at 17,
Sholdice, now 24, spent about four years liv-
ing with various North American Indian
Tribes in Western Canada and the northern
United States.
From the Indian people, he learned that
art can be functional as well as beautiful.
"It was the simplicity," of their work that
made a great impression on Sholdice.
"All their everyday tools are made to be
attractive as well," says the painter; who
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with Indian items such as axes, rattles and
and a feathered head-dress.
Making it as an artist is tough, but "it can
be done," says Sholdice.
"It takes a lot of discipline — you have to
do it like it's a regular business, eight hours
a day and no loafing off."
Another important thing to keep in mind
is a sense of the value of your work or "not
selling yourself out too cheap," as Sholdice
put it.
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