press release
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Award-Winning "Painting Buddies"
Share the Limelight in New Exhibit at Gallery on the Lake
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Huronia artists Lu Robitaille and Beverley Hanna have been painting
together for over a decade, and often appear in the same shows, but this is the first time they
have featured together.
Hanna says, "Gallery on the Lake is one of the finest venues in the country, and we're honoured
to have been asked. Lu is a brilliant watercolourist, using a unique impasto technique I've seen
nowhere else. Her miniatures have to be seen to be believed."
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Grand Manor in Winter
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Robitaille smiles as she describes her friend's animal art. "It's unbelievable... photographic
in its realism. I've seen people with their noses pressed to the glass, trying to see her
brushstrokes."
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Hunter at the Blind
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Huronia artists Lu Robitaille and Beverley Hanna have been painting
together for over a decade, and often appear in the same shows, but this is the first time they
have featured together.
Hanna says, "Gallery on the Lake is one of the finest venues in the country, and we're honoured
to have been asked. Lu is a brilliant watercolourist, using a unique impasto technique I've seen
nowhere else. Her miniatures have to be seen to be believed."
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Known primarily as a miniaturist, Lu Robitaille grew up, married and raised a family on the
remote shores of Georgian Bay. Her love and passion for the area shine through every brushstroke
of her paintings which range in size from two inches to three feet. Bev Hanna began painting at
the age of five and has a career spanning four decades. Her attention to detail lovingly
documents the animals she paints with an often surprising sense of humour.
Bev is renowned for her commitment to charitable organizations. Her "Joy of Animals" painting
which has been reproduced in poster form has been one of the OSPCA's best fundraisers.
Both artists will be showing in the rotunda at Gallery on the Lake until March. Please, come
and meet the artists at a gala reception from 7:00 - 9:00 on Friday evening, October 28th.
Gallery on the Lake is located on County Road 36. 3 kms east of Buckhorn.
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