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Show Review - Thursday, November 10, 1983 - Page 5 Lutie Larsen to hold open house to show paintings, portraits H J By GWEN PETERSON It is always a pleasure to visit with Lutie Larsen, a mother of nine children, whose varied interests keep her sensitive and intelligent mind very well rounded. Lutie lives in Pleasant Grove at 993 W. 1800 North where she is holding an Open House on Thursday, Nov. 17, at her home. She will be displaying her art work and invites everyone from 2 to 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Lutie began drawing as a child. She encourages anyone who is interested in art, just to begin drawing and draw and draw until you get an eye for proportions. "The basic need of all human beings is for understanding," Lutie said. "That is the function of art. Often you can find a poem, or lovely music, or a painting that will lift you when you are lonely," she noted. Faces are fascinating to Lutie, that is her favorite thing to draw. "By drawing a person you get very close to that person, it's like you caress each little crease in their face, and children have such dear little creases." Thus her favorite subject of faces are children, although she admits that it was a satisfying experience to draw President McKay's face. "An artist should strive to develop his own style and preserve that," she stated. "We're all influenced by teachers and art work we see but don't be intimidated by it. Most good artists have a unique way of drawing that sets them apart. That's what most people want to see and what most artists want to do," she added. In the past Lutie has worked in the medium of pastels and charcoal but at the present time she is interested in all mediums water color and oils, as well as pastels. "I'm intregued with preparing my medium from scratch," she says, "at my art show I will be demonstrating how to grind and mix the pigment for your own paints." The basic ingredient in painting is pigment, or a material that reflects a certain color. There are earth pigments, like Burnt Sienna and Yellow Ochre, and then there are synthetic pigments like Thalo Green and Mars Purple. All the mediums are made of these pigments, whether water colors or oils, it just depends on what you add to the pigment to produce a pastel or a tube of oil. Glycerine is used in water color while beeswax and poppy seed oil are used in oil paint. Color is not physical in and of itself, it is what we see when a LUTIE LARSEN shows some of her original art work prepared for her art show to be held Nov. 17. certain substance absorbs all the other light waves except for those that reflect that color and we perceive it as "red." "light is a very important factor in my paintings. I'm trying to learn how to play with it, to bounce it back and forth," Lutie explains. "When I do this it seems to give life and identity to the painting . . . no; to the idea the painting will express. As the painting unfolds before me, it is no longer mine, I am only the channel. It is exciting being a part of a new creation," Lutie pointed out. Lutie is the wife of Steve Larsen, who is the reason they live in our valley. Steve was transferred here from Texas where he worked as an Electrical Engineer. For whatever reason they are here, they add much in the way of " enjoyment to our lives. After you meet Lutie at her Art Show I think you will agree with me that an afternoon with her is an enlightening and uplifting experience. l 4 jy--' - i i I I l. I i $ TODD BECKSTRAND DAVID A. SHUMWAY " "' " CAMERON TOLMAN Missionaries to speak Sunday HII, Todd Beckstrand A missionary homecoming will iheld Sunday, November 13, for Qder M. Todd Beckstrand at 10:45 - in the Pleasant Grove 5teenth'Wardr825 S. Loader Elder Beckstrand is the son of yj Mrs. Therald Beckstrand. fle'has recently returned from the Texas, Dallas LDS Mission. friends and relatives of the jjssionary are invited to hear his report Todd reported that baptisms doubled in his mission during the jne he was there because of the (forts of his mission president, Todd worked in Tyler, Hurst, Odessa and Perryton, Texas. He served as a district leader, wne leader and trainer. David A. Sh urn way Elder David Allen Shumway, son of Dale L. and Margene Shumway, has accepted a call to serve in the New Zealand-Aucklan- d LDS Mission. David will speak in a sacrament service Nov. 13th, at noon, in the American Fork 26th Ward, 975 N. 60 East. Friends and relatives are invited. An open house will be held the same afternoon at the family home, 825 N. 60 East, American Fork. David attended Farmington High in New Mexico and graduated from American Fork High School in 1982. He has attended Utah Technical College in Orem. Elder Shumway will enter the Missionary Training Center Nov. 17. Cameron Tolman Elder Cameron Tolman, son of Marlow and Jinx Tolman, will report on his recently completed LDS mission on Sunday, Nov. 13, "at 9 a.m. in the Lindon Fourth Ward Chapel. Elder Tolman has returned from the Argentina, Rosario Mission. All of his friends and relatives are invited to his homecoming. He reports that missionary work is going very will in Argentina. The members are very excited to have a temple being built in their area, Cameron reports. The temple will have a great effect on the missionary work, he added. Elder Tolman said it was an excellent mission and he loved the people. Brownie Troop 312 enjoys October activities, canyon service project October was an exciting month lor Brownie Troop 312. Besides making such creations as a "Nature mobile" (using leaves and twigs found in the area) and a My tree, the girls were able to visit the Wheeler Farm where they tad the opportunity to milk a cow! Since all 11 girls in the troop were registered before the deadline they were able to participate in a neighborhood outing at the Orem Poreation Center. There they pt the day swimming, jogging aid doing other forms of fun i inercise. Troops from all over 'iiorthem'l)tah County were invited to this activity. Finally, they ended the month with service time spent at the Hanging Rock picnic area in American Fork Canyon. The girls all pitched in to rake leaves from the turf so that it'll be ready next year for people to enjoy. The forest rangers were especially nice to give each girl a "Woodsey the Owl" poster and badge for helping. They also enjoyed having the rangers explain about their forest responsibilities. The girls have already earned the Brownie Round patch this month. Cancer Society to sponsor annual variety show in PG The Pleasant Grove Chapter of the American Cancer Society announced today that the second annual Variety Show will be held on Monday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove High School Auditorium. The program will feature many excellent performers including the High School Acapella Choir and Cloggers West. A complete schedule of those who will be participating on the program will be released next week. Tickets may be purchased from your neighborhood representatives ; or at the door. Admission is $8 per Local girls vie for SUSC homecoming title family or $3 per person. Stephanie Ann Walker and Ada .taise Green of Pleasant Grove we among the candidates for Homecoming Queen at Southern Utah State College this week. The competition was held teday evening and at press time Ike outcome was not available. Stephanie is a freshman toterdance major. Denise is a 1'eshman theater artsdance major. They were among 24 girls com-jetin- g for the title. The Homecoming Queen is designated fc SUSC and will represent the ge at the Miss Utah Paeeant in June. A panel of five judges selected the royalty using the same criteria established for Miss Utah and Miss America Pageants. Each of the 10 pageant finalists competed in evening wear and talent. All 24 contestants were featured in production numbers. Contestants were judged on talent, personal interviews and appearance in swimsuits and evening wear. The personal in-terviews and swimsuit competition were held in a closed judging session Tuesday morning. Yoer Choice DUAL WAVE Microwave System Designed to Cook From Top and Bottom 19" Sharp color television C.L. ? Young f it mum V Peanut Butter Totino's Pizza 28 Oz Welch's EMlllllSS Grope Juice vLT 11 40 oz. Frozen Dinners j $,0,5Q 1 QQC 1 Bathroom M.D. Welch's J'Dr i ) GTVJe"y Towl 4 Rolls UbbijV Libby's Peas, t Xlrv 1 iW' Beans, Corn S 3QGS. I lbbH 303 Can Custom Grinding Wild & Domestic Game Prices Custom Cutting - Full Service Effective Meat Counter Nov. 10-1- 5 flLiMtfl ; If Country If Floral m Anniversary 1 Celebration 1M Nov. 14-1-9 Free I I Deliveries Many, Many Tying Class Lindon SnpHalS A" ay, HjLUth - 19th I AH Week pT ' Register for Drawiilg- - S 1st Prize - 35 mm camera PP 2nd Prize - $25 gift certificate for fresh yvfft flowers mm 3rd Prize -- 12 dozen red roses ALSO Wffi 1 Lifetime Video Membership plus 1 movie rental mV0 given away each day, Nov. 15-1- compliments of , Adventureland Video of Pleasant Grove. mi Bowers Country Floral 93 E. Center, PL Grove 785-572- 3 |