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Wednesday, August 2, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B5 Arlene Saunders is one of over 100 artists who will be participating in Monday's Art in the Park. The watercolour artist also opened at the Sovereign House last weekend in an art exhibition with Burlington artist Patricia Kirby. The mother of three takes every available moment to paint, including the time spent at an exhibition or sale. She can be seen painting at her booth in Art in the Park as well as at Sovereign House on Saturdays and Sundays until Aug. 12th. Photo by Peter C. McCusker SUMMER 107 Reynolds St., (north at LakeshoteRd. EJ downtown COTTON 8 4 5 -1 2 1 0 A B C D E F G H I J K OAKVILLE Artist fills each moment By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR -N 1 1 A rlene Saunders refuses to spend her valuable time shmoozing at one of her art exhibitions or waiting for people to buy her paintings. Once the former cartographer decided to make painting time career, she also decided to take advantage of every available moment. So, while potential cus tomers are browsing, she's painting. "I like my time to be filled...I'd rather paint than make small talk...I can get a painting done in a day, while I'm doing an art show," she explains, adding that her current show at Sovereign House, with Burlington artist Patricia Kirby, is no excep tion. "People come back and see how far along you are, and quite often they'll buy it." The Oakville artist has been painting and drawing since she was a child growing up in a rural community with five siblings and no televi sion during her "formative" years. "We were outside an awful lot, and we were creating a lot of the time," she says, adding that her childhood creativity ultimately led to a night course in watercolours when she was in her twenties. Watercolours has remained her medium of choice, and the mother of three says she intends to master that medium before going on to anoth er, although she has dabbled in oils on occasion. "I want to master watercolours before I go on to anything else. If you let it paint with you a bit, it's a lot more fun," she says, explaining that water colours seem to follow their own direction, which she is inclined to respect. "In the beginning it's hard to get a keeper...But there are some tricks, and the more you do it, the easier it becomes." Also, as the mother of a one-year-old, the 42year-old appreciates the odourless, quick-drying qualities of watercolours. However, she admits to working with "the real wet stuff' when her youngest son is asleep. "But it dries almost instantly," she quickly adds. "They're not going to muck it up." Saunders paints a variety of subjects from the serenity of Bronte Harbour to the boldness of colourful flowers. Some of her scenes can be found her fullin the real world, others are composites. Many of her watercolours, she says, have an antique or old-fashioned feel to them - an old tri cycle or car, a country cottage, a horse and wagon driving through the woods at maple syrup time. "Generally it's things from the past...with some evidence of human life, probably more rural...nostalgic, a feeling of grandma's porch," she explains. "It conjures up memories from peo ple's childhood." Saunders says she likes to get her paintings "out there" for people to enjoy, so she paints at a pertinacious pace, producing about 200 a year. Three of her scenes, however, were so popular that she kept getting requests for them. So, she decided to make reproductions of those three and has priced them accordingly. "They allow me to do different shows and offer something inexpensive," she explains. "It doesn't affect my sales at all whether I'm in a fine art show or a crafters marketplace." Saunders can be seen painting at Sovereign House Saturdays and Sundays between 1 and 4 p.m. until Aug. 12th as well as at the Art in the Park show on Monday, Aug. 7th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Her originals, which range in price from $45 to about $400 framed, will be available at both shows. However, she adds, "If people don't like the frame, I can pop it out and they can buy it unframed." Her reproductions are available at the Sover eign House exhibition. Art in the Park is origi nals only. August StudentSw Special No PST, No GST on desks, hutches, chairs, bookcases, lamps & stationery of . 2111 Dunwin Dr. (Mississauga) 11/2 blocks west of Erin M ills Porkway feeing Dundos , o 0<° A > * Bookers Bookstore, 172 Lakeshore Rd. E L , Oakville « 844-5501 · bookers @sympatico.ca 828-2525 w w w .D r o o m o fm y o w n .n e t Fine Children's Furniture Linen and Decor E N JO Y IN G O N T A R IO 1. TORONTO GUIDE TO SUMMER FUN NATHALIE PREZEAU 2. CYCLING IN ONTARIO JOHNLYNES 3. 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