The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-07-22, Page 5Wednesday, July 22, 2015 • Lucknow Sentinel 5
Artist Michele Miller paints Annual show and sale
Goderich Art
Club
a "Vision of Home"
Blyth Festival
Art Gallery
Submitted
The Blyth Festival Art Gal-
lery will be presenting paint-
ings depicting a Goderich
area artist's "Vision of Home':
Michele Miller graduated
from University of Guelph
with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Over the past eight years, she
has participated in a number
of exhibitions in various gal-
leries in Ontario, including a
series of cow paintings at the
Agricentre in Guelph. She has
taught painting classes for
students of all ages and has
won several major awards for
her work.
Since moving to Huron
County three years ago, she
is always looking for new
ways to see and capture the
beauty around her. Michele
works in watercolours and
oils, depending on the light
and mood of the subject. To
her, they are the most impor-
tant aspects of her paintings.
"I am fascinated by what
makes a place a home. It is
so much more than just a
building. A home becomes a
reflection of who we are. So a
sense of home for me can
come from a memory that is
triggered, from a strong con-
nection with a place I've
been or when I am aware of
just feeling at home and
comfortable in my sur-
roundings. That perception
of home could even occur in
a forest or by water where, all
of a sudden, I have this con-
nection or feeling of peace"
She is intrigued by the way
a house can evoke the per-
sonalities of the people that
dwell within it. In a way, the
house becomes a form of
portrait of the inhabitants,
and she wants to capture
that essence. Some places
exude a very strong person-
ality or character for her.
Many of the paintings are
homes and landscapes of
Huron County. Since moving
to this county she has been
on a journey to redefine her
perception of home.
The public can view
Michele Miller's exploration
of what "home" means to her,
in the Bainton Gallery, Blyth
Memorial Hall, from July 24
to August 15. Her exhibition
of oils and watercolour paint-
ings, "A Vision of Home" is
curated by Lauren Marshall
and sponsored by Maarten
Bokhout and Helena
McShane. The gallery is
located next to the Blyth Fes-
tival box office and is open
during box office hours.
For more information
about the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery go to http://www.
blythfestival.com/#!art-gal-
lery/clk9u email gallery@
blythfestival.com or call
519-523-9300.
Goderich Coop Gallery
Submitted
The Goderich Coop Gal-
lery's Guest Artist for the
month of July, Dominique
Cinq-Mars introduces us to a
different vision of what, to the
casual viewer, might appear as
something which has no use
or purpose. Dominique uses
such "found objects" to make
her art. She works on wood, or
stretched canvas to produce
two and three dimensional
collages using these bits and
pieces to portray both the rug-
gedness inherent in the items,
such as discarded tools or
pieces of driftwood, and the
more feminine pieces such as
lace or even metals which can
be made to look like lace, or
jewelry. In this way
Dominique hopes the viewer
will appreciate both rugged
masculinity juxtaposed with
femininity, which is mani-
fested all around us.
Cinq-Mars is a retired ele-
mentary teacher in the
French -Immersion System,
who always integrated art
into her classes. After retire-
ment, she decided to explore
her own creative nature, and
evolved from painting with
oils, to her present incarna-
tion as a Three Dimensional
artist. Some of her works with
driftwood have been created
using pieces found along the
shores of Lake Huron.
As part of the summer's
"Bird Extravaganza", there
will be a painting workshop
with local Artist Devon
McCallum on July 30, from
6:30 to 8:00 pm at the Huron
County Museum. Everyone
will go home with a painting
of a colourful Mallard on real
driftwood, you can register
at the Museum by phoning
519-524-2686 ext 205.
Don't delay, as spaces are
limited, pre -registration cost
is $15.00.
Then, on Saturday August
1, to usher in the holiday
weekend, children are
invited to register at the
Coop, get some sidewalk
chalk, and paint to their
heart's content on the Gal-
lery sidewalk....who knows,
maybe a brand new bird
species will emerge.
Do plan to visit the Goder-
ich Coop Gallery during the
month of August to see the
unique art of Dominique
Cinq-Mars, enjoy our flock
of flying cranes, and, if you
haven't already done so, see
the Coop member's display
of birds which opened in July
and carries on through
August. Summer hours are
Monday through Saturday 10
am to 5 pm. See you there!
Valerie Gillies/Lucknow Sentinel
Tyler and Cameron Murray are busy pruning hedges and doing yard work for their cousins in Lucknow. July 15, 2015.
Submitted
The Goderich Art Club is
currently planning for our 22
nd consecutive Art Show and
Sale held this year during the
weekend of August 7, 8, and
9. As planning for the event
gears up, club members have
been reminiscing about our
past. While this particular
incarnation of our club has
been meeting for over 22
years, our history shows that
there has been a vibrant
group of painters belonging
to a Goderich Art Club for
well over 50 years. In many
local public venues, there can
still be found paintings done
by past Art Club members.
Our history shows that not
only do we have along tradition
of local artists painting together,
but as we look back at the
technical aspects of creating art,
we realize that while an interest
in painting persists through our
history, that this current gener-
ation of artists enjoys access to
many modern materials which
past members could not have
dreamed of. From changes in
the formulation of paints, now
manufactured with safer pig-
ments, to the vast array of poly-
mer products which help
today's artists to expand their
techniques, and even discover
new ways to use old products, it
is an exciting time for artists.
We hope you will join us at
the McKay Centre for this
year's Art Show and Sale, Art
Club members will be there
on Friday and Saturday from 9
am to 6 pm, and Sunday from
10 am to 4 pm. We'd like you
to stay awhile, enjoy a free
snack, chat with club mem-
bers, and see if you can imag-
ine one of our artistic crea-
tions in your home! We hope
to see you there.
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