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Friday, October 12, 2012
COLOURFUL CONCLUSION Oak Bay artist elevated to Master category in area fine art showcase Tim Collins News staff
For Marion Evamy, its all about colour. Evamy began to apply her talents to painting in the late 1990’s when she started painting with her father while he was recovering from cancer treatments. Those sessions sparked a passion within her that was further inspired when she saw the work of artist Ron Burns. They were pictures of and Evamy Her work is dogs, realized that she happy … bright could paint the and colourful.” same subjects with her own particular - Sandy Bligh twist. Before long she was being commissioned to do dozens of pooch portraits. She still paints about 20 a year, but she now donates the proceeds from those paintings to charities for children and pets. These days, Evamy’s work is still about colour, but her subject matter is far more personal – an expression of her soul. Singularly unconcerned with whether her paintings are classified as abstract impressionism or non-representational art, or any other label that others may choose to apply, she does care about the colour, form and the fact that from time to time, her work manages to capture someone at an emotional level. “I recall a lady who was genuinely moved to tears,” says Evamy. “She was looking at one of my pieces and she saw elements in the work that reminded her of her late husband. It spoke to her on a very personal level and I guess that’s what art is supposed to do. It blows me away that it can happen. … it’s what I’m trying to do with my art, connect with people.”
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Marion Evamy shows off one of the pooch portraits that make the Oak Bay artist popular among collectors. It’s an approach that seems to be working. When the Sidney Fine Art Show, considered by many to be the premier art show on Vancouver Island, opened its doors on Oct. 11, Evamy had one of her works on display. The painting is entitled
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