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Show C-2 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 22-25, 2010 The Park Record • Continued from C-1 Painter reveals his dark side TELL YOUR KIDS * TO TAKE A HIKE PARK CITY'S ULTIMATE SUMMER CAMP Starting June7th, The Canyons Resort will offer both full-day and half-day Summer Camps for children 6 to 12 years of age Monday through Friday. Camp activities include nature hikes, swimming, yoga, arts & crafts, gondola rides, indoor & outdoor games and field trips. Lunch and snacks are provided. LITTLE ADVENTURES CHILDREN'S CENTER Looking for a great local Child Care Center? The Canyons Little Adventures Child Care Center welcomes children 6 weeks to 6 years of age Monday - Friday. We are a state-licensed child care facility providing fun, age-appropriate activities. CANYONK rr . T J l A t T JKAX. T 'y 20% OFF ALL SPA TREATMENTS* GREAT PRICES O N ALL MOUNTAIN BODY PRODUCTS! MADE FRESH LOCALLY. HUNGARIAN FACIALS PROFESSIONAL MAKE-UP APPLICATION WAXING lime, he realized his paintings weren't true to his spirit. "Art mirrors life. Your life is a progression and a revolution, and if your art is connected, it will follow," he explains. He says he doesn't have a / wanted to be straight in the worst way ... The reality is praying to be straight is like praying to have blue eyes when your eyes are black. It just doesn't work." RANDALL LAKE Lttilt-huxtl fuimifr gay agenda per se. he just channels his personal thoughts and experiences through his paintbrushes. He considers himself a crusader for human rights, but prefers to stay out of the political realm. "I think the way 1 can be the best activist is through my art," he says. "I'd rather paint my feelings than put them into a committee." One of the central themes of his work is the debate over whether sexual preference is a choice. "If you could, who would choose [homosexuality]?" he asks. "I think the reason why the church wants it to be a choice issue is because if it's a choice issue, then it can be evil. If you're black, you're born black. If you're Jewish, you're born Jewish. If you're gay, you're born gay. If you're a pedophile or a polygamist, that's a choice. There's a difference." Lake has found a sense of happiness in painting from a darker place. "It's taken me 60 years to get to a place where Matisse got in 30 painting things that are idiosyncratic and personal to me," he says. "1 feel like I only have so many bullets left. If anything ever distinguishes me as an artist, it'll probably be these paintings." Gallery MAR is located at 580 Main Street. For more information about the gallery; visit www >. gallerytnar.com. For details about the artist, visit www.randalllake. com. PCHS - LIGHTING THE WAY - Join us Come run/walk in memory of a loved one. LASH AND BROW TINTING MOUNTAIN DATE: May 31,2010 SPA & HERBAL COSMETIC DELI OXYGEN TREATMENTS THAI MASSAGE COUPLES MASSAGE IMAGE COURTESY OF GALLERY MAR The exhibit entitled "Bread and Blue," contains a mix of Lake's less controversial pieces, such as this interior painting of his studio, and pieces that reveal deeper personal issues. IN MEMORY O F ALL LOST LOVED ONES MANICURE AND PEDICURES MASSAGE to try genital electroshock therapy. He opted to get married in the Mormon temple and had five children. "I did everything I knew how to do," he says. "The reality is praying to be straight is like praying to have blue eyes when your eyes are black. It just doesn't work." In 1986, Lake fell in love with another gay man from the church. They were secretly together for a year before Lake decided to confess his homosexuality to his bishop, end his marriage and leave the church. A few days later, his lover hung himself. At his funeral, the church chose to cover up the fact that the suicide resulted largely from dealing with the ostracism of being a gay man in the Mormon religion. "I vowed I would never lie about [my homosexuality] again to anybody," Lake says. "I didn't have the energy to pretend anymore." Still, it wasn't until many years later that his rage and resentment were revealed in his artwork. "I was enraged about his suicide, and yet I was painting asparagus," he says. He painted a portrait of his lover hanging himself and sent it to his dealer, who nearly had a fit. But Lake wasn't deterred by the dealer's reaction, and he painted a series on the AIDS epidemic as well as several other portraits of suicide. In 2004, he broke up with his partner of seven years and took a two-year hiatus from his art. During that SMELLING SPA&BODYSHOP SINCE 1!><J6 WHERE: Start at PCHS, Park Meadows loop C O S T : $25 for advance registration $30 day of race Registration 8-00-9:00 am Starting time 9:00 am COUPLES ULTIMATE SALT GLOW & HONEY TREATMENT GIFT CERTIFICATES LOCAL HANDMADE PROD REGISTER i M O W ON-LINE AT www.pchsmemorial.com Park City High Schools' NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY (NHS) n COME I N ©EXPERIENCE A COMPLIMENTARY H A N D TREATMENT will initiate a New Memorial Day Tradition by hosting the first annual Park City High School Memorial 5K in memory of all lost loved ones. VISIT www.pchsmemorial.com Find us on All race proceeds go to Park City High's National Honor Society for its ongoing community projects, both local and abroad. Facebook -P<3HS Memorial 5K |