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" . , "‘- -'rf,ig fi.’ . to help out with global hunger. ‘ But the Rb year old never 1“ v, u " ti: ' a 12¢“; I Now her first showing realled the looked at it as a tragedy. She had . t ' f; X f ’ joy of (.olour It] ‘ is being (its seen enough of the world and had % ' l 3-. a _ r! played for sale at Colours of Art in a lifetinieof stored up memories to ‘ V i' "'3 , - ~ , ‘ the Frederick Street Mall in Kitch~ remind her oi the beauty in her 1“ 3‘ w‘wffI ' I.) -, 71’, ener. life. k . _ \ I ‘ All proceeds from her modestly Rose‘s only regret was that she ' a} = K” 4 priced prints are being donated to had to give tip her painting, which ‘ . a; ‘ s38" . her church group in their fight had become her real inspiration in 7 “E. 4 \ . against hunger. life after she retired in 1986 follow- ‘ ' g “i thought i could still do some, ing years of helping children as a \ _. ."1‘ thing even though l‘m old," said member of the Easter Seals Soci- " it y i ;& Rose about her latest project. "i ety. She took up watercolour paint» . ' ‘ ' 1‘ g f; have a walker. We had a stroke and ing after she retired and had ‘ _ .3 ) A. .3751) had all these other health prob- become quite good at landscapes. ' . ' ' ;’ 5f? 3 lems. especially of the locations she ‘ 5 ' ,I 95‘: : “There's so much i can't do, but remembered from her time living A 1", $13» ‘3 . i thought there is so much l can do in northern Ontario. ' ‘ . f . & even if it's sort of at arms length But there was also purpose M if- .. f with this project." ' behind her an. inspired to help by . ‘ ‘ ‘1 F i “That‘s right," said Crossman, the tragedy of the 2004 tsunami ‘. ‘7 Who's supportive of Rose’s efforts. that ripped through pans ofsouthâ€" ‘ xi; "This will go to help people all over east Asia. Rose donated her landv _ " :3? the world. as well as projects right scapes to a postcard campaign run . "a..." hero in Canada.” by her Waterloo church. a... , a». $7.1" And it's inspired Rose to pursue The campaign for the global " . her art again with a passion. Now hunger and development group at she paints almost every day. lN’aterloo's Mount Zion Lutheran 3 “i felt i had purpose." she said. Church raised more than $i.200 at; “i felt like i was pan of the world for tsunami relief. helping to feed tr again and I can do something. some of the victims of the tragedy “l have always felt that it's otir that Claimed more than 186.000 Local painter Rose Frim hasn't let her failing eyesight hold her back from her passion for the medium or her abili- responsibility as human beings to lives. ty to help people through her art. momma help other human beings. and “When the tsunami hit i want- make the world as good a place as ed to help," said Rose. “it hit me don't know a thing about an. and what it was like to get her colour helped them explode offthe page. you can make it.” and said to me that this is maybe she brought the idea to our service vision back. she threw her hands “it was almost by fluke at how it's been a lifesaver for her. and where you can do something. committee." in the air with joy. they came into being." said she hopes it can be a lifesaver for “And that's when i decided to But once her eyesight failed in “imagine your most favourite Donna. “They're really quite amaz- people struggling with hunger. So do the cards." 2006 the painting that had given thing in the world." said Rose. ing. she only has one more thing to Feeding the hungry has always her such purpose was no longer "Then you lost it and it came “i couldn't do that if my life ask. been paramount for Rose. She said possible. While she admits to some back." depended on it." “i don't want people just to like she doesn't think the world can frustration at the doctor's progno- She didn't want to waste any An octogenarian. Rose is now it. i want people to buy it." said ever be at peace if peoples stonir sis. she never gave up hope. “l'm time with the colour palette open an abstract painter. bringing out Rose about her latest fundraising achs are empty. And to this day very stubborn, so i kept trying." to her once again. So she tried her colours and shapes one might only efforts. she‘s proud of her little contribu- said Rose. hand at painting once more. find in the mind's eye. Her an real tion to the project. ’ihe treatments continued but it Unfortunately. the watercolours ly expresses the joy of seeing “There is no point in having an wasn't until the fall of 2008 that that she once used didn't quite colour again. The by OfCOIOUI' idea or an ability unless someone something miraculous happened. work for her this time, Despite “i want people to know there is b Rose Frim will help you make something out The new medication she was talk» being inches away from her canvas so much joy and beauty in the y of it." said Rose. "The three ladies mg had suddenly restored some of and using a magnifying glass to see world. if you only look.” said Rose. Colours ofAn of the church are the ones who the peripheral vision in one eye. her work. she couldn’t recreate the And while her friends at the raised the money. and | feel very She admits it wasn't much at landscapes she once painted so Wing 404 and the Adult Recreation . . indebted to them." first. She could make otit shapes easily. Centre were telling her that her 385 Fredrick St" Kitchener Ann Crossnian. representing btit still couldn't see detail. That’s when her niece Donna combination of colours had cap» F d . kSt Mall the local church group, said Rose is But more importantly. it Prim, whom Rose lives with in tured something, Rose wouldn't re enc reel being too modest. brought colour back into what was Waterloo, asked her to try painting believe them at first. She thought Call 519 5.“ 0056 “We couldn't have done a thing quickly becoming a monochro- with inks. Transferring those ink they were just being kind. ‘ ' without Rose." said (Irossman. ‘ l matic world for her. When asked paintings to photographic paper it was only after she contacted ‘ .c . - I . pugs“ __i":"-'Z‘ . . , . ~ ' i. r» y ‘l 5;)“ (ii.\“(l‘l;\li3\§llii)l(l . a. . p. x, ’ . i. x; > ' a \ * 1 , . ' ’ I f' - _ a; . . . . V. l '1 u 4‘ l '1 ‘ 6REG|NA Si N,WHERL00 l 519 886 2090 l OllASPl.Clll