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By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver » "So, there I was, with snow all pver my cape and kind of huffing and putfing " she recalls, with a laugh. She remembers blurting out that she was an artist. Moore still thinks of her first gallery experience with amusement, despite the fact those cold days in Montreal are long ago. Nowadays, it is more likely the Oakville artist is in her new summer studio painting with And clear as a bell, she recalls the retort from the gallery owner, "I noticed." It is 1976 and young art student, Patricia Moore, has taken the couraâ€" geous step of walking into the gallery to announce herself. Picture this. It‘s a cold blustery day in March in Montreal and an art stuâ€" dent, wrapped up in a flowing dark cape, wanders into an art gallery with two large paintings under her arm. Moore‘s lyrical abstracts full of energy and ambiguity ;-’tsl'! (Downtown Corner Thomas William St.) 844â€"3972 SUNDAY, OCT. 16TH 8:00 a.m. Eucharist (said) 9:15 a.m. Eucharist (traditional rite) Church School and Nursery 11:00a.m. Eucharist (contemporary rite) Wednesday Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. Clergy: Canon Alex Hewitt, Rector Rev. Andrew Murray, Asst. Curate Ven. Wm. Sewell, Assistant Priest Marcella Jager, Youth Ministry Mr. John Laing, FRCCO, Sr. Organist/Choir Dir. Mrs. Wendy Hart, Organist/Choir Dir. Please call 845â€"8351 if you require a ride to Church. 2 ST. SIMONS 7@ ANGLICAN CHURCH GLEN ABBEY CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION Meeting in St. Ignatius of Loyola H.S. 9:30 a.m 825â€"2851 1450 Litchfield Road 845â€"8351 (Trafalgar, south of Upper Middle) Holy Eucharist Sundays 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Church School Nursery 10:30 a.m. Service is Holy Eucharist Wed. 9:30 a.m. Rev. Brian Pearson, Rector Rev. Audrey Conard, Asst. Curate 141 Bronte Rd., 827â€"2546 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16th 8:30 a.m. HOLY EUCHARIST ST. JUDE‘S ANGLICAN CHURCH 10:30 a.m. HOLY EUCHARIST Church School Nursery Hwy. No. 5, West of No. 25 THE EPIPHANY Analican Nursery Available Seven of her works are part of the works of gallery artists at McLarenâ€" Barnes Gallery until the end of the month. The art specialist at Fern Hill paints in a style she refers to as lyrical abstraction. Moore graduated from McGill University and has taken courses at Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal. She has taught as an art specialist in Quebec and Ontario. She is a former instructor at the Art Gallery of Ontario and at Sheridan College. Currently, Her new studio â€" adjacent to the home in Prince Edward Island â€" she has summered in for the past 20 years, is an artist‘s paradise. Large 10 foot walls allow her to indulge in her unique sweeping gestures that result in massive canvases. Already, she describes with enthusiasm the large walls and one large expanse of winâ€" dows overlooking the sea. huge sweeping gestures, rather than wandering about the cold Montreal streets. T.L.C. Home Fellowship Groups Call for the one nearest you! Pastor Blake Davidson 842â€"5583 "Jesus is Your Solution" (P.A.0.C.) Phone Alone: Box 5065 OAKVILLE RESURRECTION CHURCH "A Church in Your Commumty 1225 Rebecca 827â€"5324 (Just W. of 4th Lme) 827â€"5433 Corps Officer: Major and Mrs. Robert Zwicker OAKVILLE CHRISTIAN CENTRE At TURNER CHAPEL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16th 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship "Studies in Psalm 37 I" 6:30 p.m. Evening Worship "Studies in Psalm 37 II" Baby Nursery available during services Mon.â€"Fri. Family Service Hours 9 a.m.â€"12 noon, 2 p.m.â€"4 p.m. I Please call 827â€"6523 for appointment Meeting at: Sunningdale Public School 1434 Oxford Dr. (between McCraney St. W. Upper Middle Rd.) Sunday Celebration Service 10:00 a.m. Dedicated Sunday School Nursery Staff Meeting Family Needs 37 Lakeshore Road West Welcomes You SUNDAY EVENINGS 6:30 p.m. Pastor Jameel Ali 844â€"4921 she teaches partâ€"time at Fern Hill priâ€" vate school in Oakville. Moore, who did the seven works specifically for the exhibit, usually Artist Patricia Moore‘s abstract works will hang at McLarenâ€"Barnes Gallery until the end of the month. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) McCraney St. W. Upper Middle PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Ruap# (P.A.0 1450 Rebecca Street 827â€"0251 Pastors: Dean Skinner, John Kirkwood SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1994 11:00 a.m. â€" 30th Anniversary and Official Dedication of Renovated Building Rev. Bill Morrow 6:00 p.m. â€" The Stewart Family We invite all former church associates friends of the Stewarts to come and enjoy their music ministry as we dedicate E the new "Stewart Hall" Meeting at the River Oaks Recreation Center (On Sixth Line between Hwy. 5 Upper Middle Rd.) TRAFALG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 354 Upper Middle Rd. at Trafaigar (Enter from Trafalgar to White Oaks Blvd. E., N. on Litchfield) Rev. Ferne Reeve â€" 842â€"5873 11:00 a:.m. WORSHIP SERVICE Pastor: Paul Mittelstaedt, 842â€"1252 â€"A PA.O.C. affiliated church â€" ZILMMLP (G/%a a.m.j ja) a/br Mc 10:00 a.m. Worship Celebration "Guidelines for Strengthening Family Relationships" *Kid‘s Church and Nursery Available! COSTAL CHURCH (PA 0.C Church School _ Nursery Facilities Provided Services â€" 11 a.m. 6 p.m. Working on smaller space was a revelation to Moore, who usually has works in far larger canvases â€" she calls a massive one "mid size." ds ts ols h ce ce 00 lc Mc t ol uho e t 0B ol 2L t uh (P.A.0.C.) service October 16 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 827â€"3851 Minister: The Rev. Peter D. Ruddell 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Church School _ Nursery Provided ALL WELCOME Rev. Harry McWilliams â€" Minister r16 9:30 a.m. COMMUNION 11:00 a.m. Jim Beverley of Ontario Theological Seminary Cults â€" "New Age" 6:30 p.m. _ LIFE SKILLS SEMINAR SERIES Oakridge Bible Chapel 2250 Eighth Line 849â€"0567 WORSHIP SERVICE 10:30 a.m. Lakeshore Rd. at Dunn St. Downtown Oakville 844â€"3472 KNOX PRESBYTERIAN HOPEDALE PRESBYTERIAN 156 Third Line, Oakville She says she feels energized by the environment.The translucent oils, in particular, point to such energy, and she says she has always used lumiâ€" nous colors in abstract ways. It is clear the work intrigues Moore more for what is not explained; the ambiguity present that is not fixed or catalogued.The more realistic, figuraâ€" tive stuff doesn‘t interest this painter at Nursery for Infants Care for Toddlers "It‘s very isolated there, you know," she says. "You can only hear the sound of the waves, the buzzing of the bees, and the air, of course, is fabâ€" ulous." "I‘ve always liked ambivalence, ambiguity things that aren‘t fixed." paintings. to hire transport trucks to carry her To Moore, the large paintings are almost a dance movement and, as she is, in fact, listening to some jazz in her summer studio. She often likens what she is doing to expressive, abstract movement.