In order to better cover the Spring Gallery Tour the Gazette had two reporters working. Your editor reported north of the canal and Candance Lasco reported on south of the canal. Her piece follows this one.

The works of Lois Main Templeton filled the vast space of the Editions Limited gallery, located at 838 E. 65th Street. Her paintings, ranging from 6 feet tall to 2 inches tall, will be on exhibit through June 11. I met Lois in front of the abstract painting on the wall opposite the main entrance. I asked her to tell me the story behind its creation.

"My mother was born in 1890," recalled Lois. "When she was five years old she sat on her grandfather's lap. He was the editor of a newspaper, so he had grease pencils lying around that were used for editing. He wore starched shirt fronts and mother picked up one of the grease pencils and asked "Grandfather, may I scribble on your shirt?" "Certainly, my dear" he replied.

This story inspired Lois. She placed a large canvas on the floor and filled a motel bucket with black house paint. She called out her great-grandfather's indulgence "Certainly, my dear" as she splashed the paint onto the canvas with that rhythm. "What appeared was a large dragon spitting fire," said Lois. "Next to the dragon appeared a pogo stick. I call this painting 'Yesterday I took my dragon for a walk on his pogo stick, and he had a little trouble getting the hang of it.'

Next I visited Happy Trails Studio at 6406 Cornell Avenue. Two rooms of Happy Trails were filled with Judy Leiviska's wood block artwork. I was surprised at the large size of the prints, some were three feet tall. "They are large prints," remarked Judy. "I do them all by hand. I don't use a press."

An interesting feature of Judy's art display was the piece that showed the steps of the wood block printing process. We could see how the colors were added in successive impressions after removing more wood each time. Also on display was Judy's sketch book. "My sketchbook shows how my original ideas develop into the final print."