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Whlby Frue Prms, We&ieesda. J.iuary 13.1903, Page il fine dining The Station Gallery is plan'- niga series of gourmet dinners and 1testings. 'The Evening of Fine Dining' series, sponsored by many businesses1 includes special themes created b y the hosts for each event from Jan. 30 to May 'Grapes of Winter Wrath' on Jan. 30 is an evening of inter- national wine tasting at the gai.. leM~ et a cost of $25 per'person. Whvat, follows is the dining series ($75 per person for each dinner), starting Feb. 1.6 with 'Cuisine de la Coeur' a celeb- ration of Valentine's Iay, at the home of Lynn and Dave Parr. There will be a formaI. dinner at Inverlynn on Feb. 20, with Maragaret-Elizabeth and Andrew Schell. and 'Evening by the home cf Libbv and AndruAw Wood; 'Creme de la Kreniin on March 6 with Carolyn and Rob Morton and Jane and Mark Burch; 'Bella Italia' (southern Italian cusine) on March 27 with Karen and Charles Popowicl and Marg ad Leo Schmid; 'Cucina Simpatica (trattoria cooking from Italy) on'A ri 3 at the home of Sandy andAlisar Ta- 1er; and 'r in the Garden' ( a fun look* at landscaping with light spring cuisine")* on May 1 at the home of Nancy Cobban and Ailan Walkinshaw. 'At an Ale's Pace,' a sampling of Canada's best brews, will b. held on April 17 at the home of Anne Nurse and Ray Richardson. Cost je $25. Cali the gallery et 668-4185 for more information. Lîthoranh hiWHITBY ARTIST Richard Toms with his 'Peacock Pnnt.' A Uto rphs J'y Ithoraph exhibit by Toms opened at the McLaughlin Art Whit affst flegy i Oshwa hursay and runs until Feb. 28. Whty ats alr i saaI dPhoto by Mark Reesor, Whity *Fr0. Pres Focus on Bruce' s Bathers' Canadian artist . am SI5ir Bruce (1859-1906) began at the Robert McLaughfln Galery on Jan. 7, and continues until Mfarch 14. The exhibition is devoted to on. of Bruce's major canvasesý, 'Bathers atCapri,' on loan from the Art Galley of Hamiilton. Included are approximately 30 cil sketches and drawings repatriated by the Robert McL!aughlin Gallery fr-om the Bruce estate in Gotland's Fornsal in Sweden. The exhibition focuses on the, studies Bruce made for his Bathers at Capri. In hs Bathers, Bruce seriously restudied the nude after a peried of experimentation that involved painting ixdustrial scenes and portraits. In his Bathers, he studied the contrast of a fleshy body with sparling, foaring water -- a potent, acutely obaerved image. Relate studies and paintings documenthIestrugle with narrative, composition, atmoe- phere and ight. By zering in on this one barmonieus and ambitieus work, the exhibition hopes te bring te life an important artist and hint at the ideals und.rlying the training of a- serieus Salon contender of his day who lied become an adherent of the new style known as Impressonism.* Bon in Hamilton, Bruce went te Paris in 1881 te study at the Académie Julian. hn 1887, he settled in Giverny, the home of Claude Monet, master of lm pressonisin The BatherÏs of Capri was the cumulation of his career as a figure painter. Afterward he conentrated on landsape. When Bruce <ied in 1906, his wife continued te, bring bis werk before the public. hn 1914, she gave more than 30 of Brue's works te the City of Hamilton te be held in trust for the Art Gallery 0f Hamilton, where they are today. hn 1927, she gave 'La Joe des Nérédes' and some fine small sketches, axnong theni Bruce's 1890 sketch of a bathing woman, te the* National Gallery of Canada. The many preparatrT sketches, both in pencil and ci , remained in Gotland in its museum, the Fornsal, where they were found in 1985; by Joan Murray, director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. She selected the sketches along with other works, ini a group she repatriated te Canada, te the McLaughlin gallery, the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Hamiilton. Murray says, "Bruce's ambition was te create a perfect reality ~ and thereby renew the hister of painting. The exhibition brings te life an important Canadian artist and the exciting ideaa of art in anC earlier day." .The summer is gone - so IS pasture Putt. The his are ready for winter fun. Iemember our pies & torts, oivallabIe year round. 15 miles north of V/hitby, on Lakeridge Rd. Informatlon, cali 655-3091J Duo. DDT in Oshawa For more 1 -me