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i Painting the town red is
nothing new for popular mural
artist D. Dan Morslander

Donna Bertrand
NEWS REPORTER

With not much more than a can of
exterior house paint, a brush or two
and a mass of talent, D. Dan Mors-
lander has put together a new collec-
tion of murals for an art showing this
weekend at the Fireside Inn.

Described as “images that have a
focal distance,” Morslander explains
that his larger-than-life creations are
best viewed from a distance.

“It means how far back you have
to go before they're completely in fo-
cus, if you're too close, they're not in
focus,” he said.

“It’s quite unique, at least no one
else is doing this particular style ac-
cording to the people at Emily Carr
(College of Art), and I guess they
should know.”

Unique yes, but new to Castlegar,
no— Morslander’s earlier works -
have adorned the walls and halls of
Selkirk College and Banjo’s Pub for a
few years now. Several of his murals
can also be seen in Nelson.

Returning to Castlegar with a new
showing raises mixed feelings for the

Procter resident. ‘

“['m really nervous,” he says of the
showing. “I'm a very private person
and this isn’t too very different from
taking my clothes off in public.”

On the other hand, “This is home,
these are my people,” he says, at-
tributing his success as a full-time
artist to the local support he’s re-
ceived.

In particular, Morslander credits
Selkirk College president Leo Perra
and instructor Jeremy Addington for
the turning point in his life when he

returned to what he loves most, his
art.

In 1986, he turned his back on a |
life, albeit successful, of all work and
no art and entered the college’s graph-
ic communications program.

“It’s because of people like Leo Per-
ra and Jeremy Addington that I now
find myself more productive than I
would have been otherwise,” he says.

‘An artist “all my life,” his rebellious
nature was what pushed him to pur-
sue his interest.

“My first memory of drawing was
on my mother’s wall,” he recalls. “I got
a severe beating but beeause I was
told not to, I couldn't met do it.”

Now, the 48-year-old artist lives his
passion.

“I believe that home is where the
art is and I want to be as much of an

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p for Castlegar show

Old Buck, a mural replica of a photograph taken in Robson in the early 1900s, is

one of D.Dan Morsiander's pieces in his

encouragement to others as they have
been to me.

“I believe that every person has a
capacity for some form of creative self
expression as an artist, I believe
that everyone else is an artist too.”

With an invitation to his show,
Morslander says, “My mission is to

showing this weekend in Castlegar.

arouse the creative spirit by trying te_/
show people what I seé, not what I can
do.”

Morslander’s show opens Friday,
Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. with a reception
that includes live jazz music by Who's
Guise. The show continues Saturday
and Sunday.

@ Wed A

@ George Elliot Clarke
sees poetry around every
corner

Thomas Bink
NEWS REPORTER

What does Metallica, a
Hallmark Christmas card, a
speech by Brian Mulroney and
George Elliot Clarke have in
common?

Poetry.

“Poetry comes in so many
forms,” said Clarke, a visiting
writer in residence at Selkirk
College this week. “It will nev-
er die.”

Clarke is the author of two
poetry collections, Saltwater
Spirituals and Deeper Blues,
published in 1983 and Whylah
Falls, released in 1990. He will
be meeting with students and
holding poetry readings on
and off the college campus for
the rest of the week.

Whylah Falls is a unique
poetry collection. The poems
are linked by an underlying
story line about a romance be-
tween two fictional characters
—X and Shelley Clemence —
in the fictional town of Whylah
Falls, Nova Scotia.

“I wanted to link a number
of elements in Whylah Falls,”
Clarke said. “Like white cul-
ture, black culture, Nova Sco-
tia culture and Canadian cul-

ture.”

seventh-generation
Canadian. He is a
graduate of the Uni-
versity of Waterloo
and Dalhousie Uni-
versity, and is cur-
rently pursuing his
doctorate in English
at Queen's.

Clarke said form
poetry will always
be popular because it is still
present in different genres,
like speeches, songs, and
cards.

“People still yearn for it,”
Clarke said. “It’s simply gone
underground. It’s the job of po-
ets now to bring it above
ground as much as possible.”

Clarke said he was inspired
to write poetry by a number of
poets and songwriters.

“I started out as a songwrit-
er, not a poet,” he said. “Folk
songs have a lot of innate af

But Clarke soon found hi
singing and instrument-play-
ing talents were not as strong
as his writing skills.

Clarke said today’s poetry is
slowly moving towards more
traditional, simple forms, not
becoming more open-versed.

“I yearn to write poems that

George Elliot Clark

can be understood almost im-

mediately, but at the same
time convey emotion,” he said.

Clarke added that he also
hopes to reflect black culture
in some of his work.

“One of the things I want to
do is make the black culture
legitimate,” he said.

But in the meantime,
Clarke is happy to meet aspir-
ing poets and work on more
poetry, or even a short novel.

“It’s fun to meet other writ-
ers,” he said, “and give them
some pointers from the per-
spective of the impoverished
alternative.”

Because Clarke's poetry is
so brilliant, unique and beau-
tiful compared to many songs,
speeches and greeting cards
around today, it’s good to have
that alternative available.

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