20 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer
April 18, 2014
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Irrigation System, Repairs & New Installation Paving Stone Patios, Driveways & Retaining Walls
At Columbia Gardens Village last Friday, April 11th, Tara Whittick led her Grade 7 class from Windermere Elementary School in singing, as they sung popular songs from the 1950s to give the residents an energetic concert while showing their appreciation towards the facility’s volunteers. Photo by Dan Walton
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Dr. W. Francois Louw CCFP, MBChB (Pret), ECFMG(USA), DA(SA), GP/Anaesthetist Chisel Peak Medical Clinic PO Box 2769, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0 Ph: 250-341-6900
TM joint study announcement Dr. W. F. Louw is currently doing a study on pain and dysfunction associated with the TM (Temperomandibular) joint. If you have suffered more than 3 months of pain and associated problems such as chewing difficulty, jaw tension or stiffness, jaw tension, fatigue with eating or a grinding noise in one or both TM joints, you are invited to participate in this study. If you are interested, please get in touch with his office. The office telephone number is 250-341-6900. Please note that there is no financial compensation, but also no cost involved in being part of the study.
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Colourful Bridgwater to paint live at Effusion thought, she could raise three children given the region’s natural beauty and plethora of outdoor activities. It was Renowned Nobel Prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot during the following year that she turned her hand to once said that April is the cruelest month, but the Ef- drawing and painting with watercolours, something she fusion Art Gallery + Glass Studio strongly begs to differ. continues to explore today. For valley residents, April means rebirth, warmer Yearning to learn more, Mrs. Bridgwater sought out weather and the start of the golf season, but to Effusion workshops, art galleries, books and various other creative it means another opportunity for one of their accom- outlets, through which she soon found her own visual plished artists to create art live, on site, for everyone to voice. Her passion for composition, texture, mood, balenjoy. ance and movement started to resonate as she took the Local talent and one of the gallery’s most recent ad- leap from watercolours to acrylics for their richer colours ditions, painter Gabriele Bridgwater, will share her pal- and greater physical character. ette of whimsical colours as she unveils new work while Currently, she works exclusively with stretched candiscussing what painting means to her. vas and a stable of 75 different Golden Heavy Bond and “Every painting is an opportunity for a new ad- Liquid Acrylics, which she prefers for their rich pigmenventure involving thin layers, thick tation and overall high quality. Bridgsculpted shapes, ribbons of liquid water also only paints by natural light colour floating on the surface and exin the studio her husband hand-built posed canvas peaking through,” she for her — a place that she cherishes explained. and finds truly creatively inspirationHaving only recently been added al. to Effusion’s robust roster of CanadaPainting remains a continuous wide talent, Mrs. Bridgwater’s impact source of comfort for Mrs. Bridgwahas quickly been felt as several of her ter, who, for many years also taught pieces have already come and gone, children watercolour technique. Her just like petals on the wind. work has been exhibited both locally Hailing from southern Ontario, and inter-provincially, and when not Mrs. Bridgwater embraced creativity painting, she works as an independent in a myriad of ways – through piano, design consultant both residentially ballet, fibre arts and photography – aland commercially, where she can conways mixing the strict hand of discitinue to “play with colours.” COLOURFUL CANVAS — A pline with the soft touch of freedom Gabriele Bridgwater will be prespainting called Spring I by local artist ent at the Effusion Art Gallery + Glass of expression. She and her family moved to Gabriele Bridgwater exemplifies her Studio on Saturday April 19th, from the Invermere in 1980 where, she use of rich hues. Submitted image 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Submitted by Effusion Art Gallery + Glass Studio