Virginia Hutzuliak has been working on a series of paintings called B次元官网网址淔riendsB次元官网网址� in order to commemorate the people who supported her while she was undergoing chemotherapy.
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Just moments later, some of her very own friends purchased the painting, surprising Hutzuliak and bringing tears to her eyes.
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HutzuliakB次元官网网址檚 paintings were on display at the 110th annual Victoria Sketch Club art show and sale. The prestigious club has seen notable members such as Emily Carr, Jack Shadbolt, Max Maynard, Samual Maclure and Ted Harrison. While the club has held several names, itB次元官网网址檚 been the Victoria Sketch Club for 47 years, and hosted the event at the Glenlyon-Norfolk elementary school for the same amount of time.
Members may join after a panel of judges analyzes their work, though any style of painting can be included. Artists joining the club as official members are expected to have a fairly good grasp of painting, explained president Larry Gollner, so that the weekly meetings can allow artists to learn from each other.
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Gollner himself is one of seven honorary members, while there are 43 official members.
B次元官网网址淚 have no formal training other than a wife who keeps a grip on me,B次元官网网址� he laughed. B次元官网网址淏ut, if you have a truck being involved in an art club B次元官网网址� that helps.B次元官网网址�
At this yearB次元官网网址檚 show there are 162 paintings on display, and usually 30 or 40 will sell, helping to fund the clubB次元官网网址檚 activities.
Content varies from a heavy focus on West Coast landscapes, to scenes from across the world.
Anne BowenB次元官网网址檚 painting of a line of pregnant zebras was inspired by her recent trip to the Serengeti.
B次元官网网址淚 went on a trip to Tanzania in January and all the wildebeests and zebras were pregnant, and they were just so comical because they were trying to get into a position of comfort,B次元官网网址� Bowen said. When asked how long it had taken her to make the painting, she laughed.
B次元官网网址淚 feel like itB次元官网网址檚 taken me eight years to paint it, because itB次元官网网址檚 taken me eight years to figure out how to do it.B次元官网网址�
The show continues daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. until Sunday, March 24 when it closes at 4 p.m., in the Glenlyon-Norfolk School gym, Beach Drive Campus at 1701 Beach Dr.
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