South Peace Historical Society

    • Home
    • About / Contact Us
    • About Dorthea Horton
    • About This Collection
    • Bibliography
    • Brief History of the Peace
    • Credits
    • South Peace Historical Society Archives (External Link)
  • Table of Contents

    • Part 1: First Nations of the Peace River Region
    • Part 2: The Fur Trade Era
    • Part 3: Transportation and Communication
    • Part 4: Old Timers and the Price of Land
    • Part 5: Dawson Creek: The Story of the Community
    • Part 6: Mysteries, Adventures and Indian Legends
    • Part 7: Arts, Crafts and Recreation
    • Part 8: Agriculture
    • Part 9: Church Histories
    • Part 10: Schools
    • Part 11: Health Care
    • Part 12: Industries and Enterprises
    • Part 13: Policing the Peace
    • Part 14: Pouce Coupe, Rolla, and Other South Peace Communities
    • Part 15: Chetwynd and the Fort St. John Area
    • Part 16: The Alberta Peace
    • Part 17: Natural History of the Peace River Region
    • Part 18: Interviews with Old Timers
    • Part 19: Remembering Our Veterans

  •  

BN07-22: Taking Time Out for Art Class

Recent History – 1999

Nov. 22, 1999

By Charity Wallace, Daily News Staff

Mountains were the peak of this week’s seniors’ art class lesson with teacher Edna McPhail. The women in the bin studio of the Dawson Creek Art Gallery painted a variety of different mountain scenes in their session Wednesday afternoon. Chatting, painting and laughter filled the studio as the women started to work on their soon-to-be masterpieces.

Myrna Gardner, who has been in the class for two years says that it is the friends that make it really special.

“I find it relaxing most of the time and I’m learning something all of the time,” she says. “But the best part of it is the fellowship.”

Estelle Mayoh decided to join the class after the brier last year when she found out that Gardner was in an art show.

“I came to look at her work,” Mayoh says. “She said she had never painted before and I thought if she could do it I could do it.”

Georgette Bourbeau, who joined the class to try something new, says that there is nothing difficult about it.

“There is no hard part,” she says. “It can be frustrating at times, but if I make a mistake or don’t like it I can paint over top of it and start over.

Linda Schallock has been painting for a long time but just recently joined the art group.

“It’s an opportunity to set time aside and paint,” Schallock says. “It helps to work to a deadline.”

McPhail critiques the paintings and the techniques used to help her students improve and, she says, when they don’t need her help anymore and feel they can do it on their own they just stop showing up.

The women in the class are working toward an art show in April of next year.

This article is taken from the Peace River Block Daily News, Dawson Creek, with the permission of the publisher. The Daily News retains all rights relating to this material. The information in this article is intended solely for research or general interest purposes.

« BN07-21: Three Weeks Left for Watercolor Show

BN07-23: SPSS Produces “Grease” »

© 2023 South Peace Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.