Report to the Secretary of State, Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada on the National Forum on Post-Secondary Education, Saskatoon, October, 1987
Severely dusty, especially the velvet mat. Velvet mat is clotted together in top and bottom middle area. Left arm of frame is slightly dented along backside edge.
Paul Panton, a native of Melita, and now a resident of Boissevain, began art lessons with Miss Helen Douglas in New Westminster, B.C.. He continued study with Joe Plaskett at the Vancouver School of Art. During 1962 to 1964 he studied with Steve Repa at the Brandon Allied Arts Centre. The artist held several solo exhibitions in B.C. and Manitoba. (BU Art Catalogue, 1983)
Dimensions
28.5 X 41.5 cm
Size Overall
66 X 81 cm
Medium
oil pastel
Condition
Cockling of mat in BM area. Frame has multiple abrasions all along perimeter.
Ena Skafel has studied in Brandon and at the Banff School of Fine Arts under W.J. Phillips, W.G. Clyde, and W. Townsend. She has exhibited at the Brandon Allied Arts Center, the Brandon Library (sponsored by the Brandon Council of Women), Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff Traveling Exhibition, Canadian National Exhibition, Manitoba Society of Artists and at the Galerie Loujetsky, The Hague, Holland. (BU Art Catalogue, 1983).
Dimensions
54 X 69 cm
Size Overall
68.5 X 84 cm
Medium
oil
Condition
Paint loss in area TR 10cm X R 22cm, c.. 0.5cm in diameter. Grungy accretion stains in TL and middle of image. Paint cracks in middle and TM of image, which could be result of blow or pressure from the back of canvas.
Primary Support
canvas
Secondary Support
no backing board; frame - wood and plaster with gild
Inscriptions
Inscription: Presented to Brandon College by Mr. and Mrs. E. Fotheringham, October 1958.
Along the center horizontal register there are 12 small foreign substance transfers, although they could very well be from the kiln, and one paint transfer. The surface is altogether dusty and grimy and there is also debris inside the jar.
