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February 19, 2015
When art comes to life What would our world be without art? Although art is subjective, it is also all around us, especially here in Downtown Kamloops. It can be seen in the pattern of the bricks in which we walk, throughout our alleyways, public plazas, flowers in our parks and street corners. It can even be seen in store windows and if you don’t believe, just stop and check out Anthony Salituro’s Viva Bridal windows on any given day. “Life is art.” A simple statement from Kamloops artist Donna Cale who sees herself as a perpetual student of life and art. Right now she is working on an interesting goal, one that is being created live and every week right here in Downtown Kamloops at the Art We Are. “My interest and current goal is to become a member of the Stroke of Genius,” explains Donna. “The qualifications are you must complete 25 portraits live as one body of work. You also must draw live and the minimum fee for your work must be $2000. This is sort of like an art Olympics for me. I’m 56 so I should be able to tackle something like this.” Donna has been painting for most of her life. As a small child she would save up her allowance to buy oil paints, the medium she
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Donna Cale paints her model Katie on Friday, February 13.
works in. To date this year she has completed five new portraits, of which many can be seen right on the front walls of the Art We Are, her chosen place to paint live while building her portfolio. “I just love the Art We Are,” continues Donna. “You just have to look around, it’s wonderful. They just let me come in here, set up and paint. They are very welcoming. The atmosphere is
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art so I feel very at home here.” We caught up with Donna as she was just starting her latest portrait towards her body of work. She had just set up at the Art We Are as she does most every Friday morning. Her model was excitedly immersed in a meal, finishing just in time to get her line drawing done. “This is Katie,” she tells us. “I’ve known her for a year and half. We
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just crossed paths one day.” Now Katie will forever be immortalized on a hopefully future Stroke of Genius artist canvas. If her current collection of portraits is any indication, we are guessing she will more than meet her goal of becoming one of the featured artists. Most days Donna can be found at her downtown studio, Mil- continued on page 2
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