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H - “All HI I it) (IMRONlLlJ; - Wednesday, November in '_'()l 4 F , , , , _ , , we a _, Leon, 7 -7.” -3. ,, kW 0 D ’ O C C 0 Paint by Munzy combines brother 5 talent Wlth Sisters passwn m new art gallery BYBoaVnMNAC ~» _ w ' a. H.“ i i - m “Instead of applying for every 7 f-h'O’I‘fh’Slafl___i ~ 2. show and competing for gallery ' i , '4 .- - n - space. we decided to create our he mystery of Paint by . a: ,s: 31: ; «5‘ r if own space." I Munzy starts in a home Just "'3 ‘ 5 "" .3 - ' ,5: Laura said the response has outstde of Waterloo where a ' 1‘4 . :54: been strong since they set up shop ho) 's childhood drawtng still -2‘ ' sigh ,_ at 32 King St. N. in Waterloo. It remains etched on the wall of his » %%”J, .9!“ “‘9‘- v--‘ I 4 includes a greeting card business family's home, i a " 33"” “W” “9“ ’ . *- ”a: 3 with reprints of his work. along The story continues in a new 51,- . «we , ¢ 1 . with originals hanging on the wall. pop-up gallery in uptown Waterloo . ‘37:; . h “in .... A “The day I got my application where the youthful artist's works t" f" if -1 ' ‘ if ; approved for support by CH]. this arenowcollectedand displayed. g; " ' space came up on Kijiji,” said And it will be capped 08' with a 3' “as: Laura. "the space used to be a bar» special holiday art show this Satur- 3; ' ‘ bershop and was empty for five day. T- 10 p,m,, at the Waterloo ‘1‘ i; s";- . a». ,,, years â€" it turned into an incredible Community Arts Centre as a ' 21".» Ml“ ‘.'-” opportunity for us unique brother and sister relation- 't?“(‘fej&a£§ “Every time l put the key in the ship comes into fours and some of if: fai‘::'-‘"§Lg£§¢ door it's still a novel feeling for me A not t 5 V,;‘ ' [7“ that mystery around Munzy is :“i‘ 3.33“ It was one of the those stars lining » resolved. famili- _ up moments" First 0H, whoisMunzy? He isthe A: :1 #831. ‘ Jonathan's latest works haw ' stick man that has come to repre- ‘ £39323 been inspired by natural settings sent artist Jonathan Munz's collect- . 2 from Algonquin Park to Mat bu ed works on oil and canvas. , . i 33:31" Piccu, where Laura spent sortie Done in green Crayola (rayon ' ‘ . ,7 ‘ ’1 1‘ time while living in South America when he was four, Munzy was his 7, 5' “l'm the promoter and he's the first "masterpiere" and still sits pre- ' ‘ painter," said Laura. "He's so satis served on the wall of his parents ' ‘ fled now that he can just paint borne in Heidelberg. . - ~ 4 “I'll go over there and he'll have Paint by Muniy was the gallery f "if? ' a four paintings on the go His lob is that his sister Laura founded iii 6“ ' ‘ fi ‘ I to paint where mine is to promote uptown Waterloo to take her rather - ,. cs! 1 and find a market " lt‘('lil\l\‘t" brother's work out of the 5‘ w 4 -. “ "rm“ t ~~n I Jonathan agreed that support realm of favourite faintly rneriion ‘ ' from th sister has let him focus on and lllltl sortie wldt'r appeal in it Laura Munz, sales manager of Paint by Munzy, displays some of the work created by her brother Jonathan that what he does best â€" paint and t l’l' larger piiiilit audient t» appears in a new gallery they set up in the heart of Waterloo Their first major art show is this Saturday, 7-10 ate betting an artist‘s work st‘t‘tl and D m . at the ELMO" FGCTOFY Immvu- Mi" "l rust (out entrate on the art.‘ displayed in publit isalways a thal said Jonathan " [be best way I (an lt-nge, and it was the saute for “When \oii're not making any in, ’Ihat's when his sister Laura brother and sister teamt She had put it is I don‘t worry about it any Jonathan who took a stab at it on money tiffof it. it was tough to jus- stepped in and set tip a gallery been showtng his works in restau- more tits mm by setting up a booth at the iifv going to a place like the farmer's space for his work Some of those rants she once worked for, but with "It‘s not that she does it for ”it" \t Limbs Farmer‘s Market \Wiat he market," said lonathan, who fig- discarded paintings have sint e support of the Creative Enterprise but she's also quitegoodat it " Stunned was the art of haggling tired his first senes ofa countryside become his biggest sellers lninative and other arts promoters While lonathaii has shied from All" it isn‘t the best first lesson for theme would play well to that audi- “I tried selling on my own for a was able to set up some shows the spotlight. laura has him tom an artist trying to take his work once “l got a lot of‘passerbyers‘ but few years and I'm not very good at before landing their first perma mg out to their first plihllt‘ art shots itiiblit‘ not a lot of buyers It wasn't neces- that sort of thing," said lonathan nt‘nt spat 1‘ featuring a iollet tion of his works In hit it artists are quite self ( riti- sanh the right venue for what I was " lhe differentt' has been night and ‘I set up an exhibition for him at the Button hit tort ial and don't need to heap rein tioii doing " day bastcally " and he sold 13 [tll‘t es at his first "He promises he‘ll be there \llt‘ on top of the pllt' of other things Soma- iil that first series ended Laura stumbled on thi- uptown show" said latira " l‘he light bulb said With a laugh [hm net-d toget over it the". want to up in the garage of his parents space by autdt'iit and it‘s turned went on for both of us that there for more information \‘l\ll l)('('t)n)(‘ sut t'i-sstul borne as a little dist ouragement set into a little artist oasis for the was a demand there, www.paintbymunzy,mm. ,_ , _ *iHHlllllG ’ t J. l . s . l (“It ,iimri m! f- : ~\wi ', l.fi' stylt' 9 I i t y t , .