stoufjvillesuntribuneu thursday oct 11 2007 23 orthodontist creates beauty inker art books and smiles by alyshia higgins running three orthodontic practices writing novels painting pictures and caring for her animals is all in a days work for barbara frackowiak it does cut into your social life a little and sometimes you dont get as much sleep as you would like to she said the animal lover has been run ning a orthodontist practice in stpuffville for 15 years an uxbridge office and since february one in brooklin after moving to canada from poland with her parents and sister who is also a dentist ms frack owiak says she began doodling and discovered she had a talent for drawing its something i always did on my own i never had any training in it she said ever since i was a tod dler i was an animal nut i started scribbling stories in grade school besides running her orthodon tist practices she also is a success ful painter and writer in her spare time two books published she has published two books call waiting and the horse in the attic as well as a calendar for 2008 featuring her own published works my writing and painting are my ways of relaxing she said its not a work task for me i enjoy sitting on the couch with a cup of tea and just writing her ideas stem from her love of nature her own experiences and other authors call waiting stems from my own life experience and draws quite a bit from my early experi ence in dental school she said sometimes i get ideas from things i read as far as paintings its all around and its mostly nature ms frackowiak doesnt have any children and says thats perhaps due to the fact she never met the right fellow not having children was per haps one of the sacrifices she said something has to give some where she has several pets she calls family i would be very humbly hon oured to be considered a role model because in those areas writing and painting im just starting out she said any advice dream beg dont be afraid to start some thing even if its five billion steps to complete it she said dont let the size of a dream intimidate you just go for it she admits while she enjoys painting and writing in her spare time she loves making a difference in her patients smiles its creating beauty the ortho dontist said im making these wonderful smiles that otherwise wouldnt be there youre enhancing people self esteem and image all proceeds from the sales of her works will be donated to the wildlife conservation society to purchase one of her books visit any walmart or indigo store in canada go to www bumambookscom or call 905 642 3642 staff photojim mason main street stouffville orthodontist barbara frackowiak has had two books published as well as a calendar for 2008 her love of nature shows in her work studios expecting you on weekend the seventh annual stouffville studio tour and sale is saturday and sunday from 10 am to 5 pm you can visit 34 artists in 24 locations showing works in pottery oil acrylics water- colours stained glass wood block prints sumie and more for more information on the tour call 9056421721 or visit stouffvillestudiotourcom stouffville artist part of latest latcham show the opening reception of portraits of the everyday the latest exhibition at the latcham gallery will be held oct 20 from 1 to 3 pm the show features the work of valerie ashton jenni johnston and gordon lever- ton ms ashton a stouffville artist uses pastels to record lonely moments of domestic objects ms johnston is a peterbor ough artist working with oil paint who loves to paint the mundane mr leverton lives in hamilton and uses pastels he focuses on architecture and details of buildings the artists will be at the reception everyone is wel come the show sponsored by the rbc foundation contin ues until dec 1 the gallery is at 6240 main st in downtown stouffville 762576u 1352610 157247u 398870u 00661 2w 050617u 5147690 1247380 135735u 139581u 1453900 1499390 166878u 185759u 191606uz 1997830 200120u 201 0690 2254450 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