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iiirsday, July 17, 1958THE JOURNAL. CALDWELL,Caldwell Girl Is Prominent Artist AndInstructor In Philadelphia, Pa., SchoolsS'Transferinp life from naturetoofcanvasMisshasEvabecome the work Odlivak, formercountuin, who has taken the roleOf artist as her persuit in life.This daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Odlivak. of Caldwell route 3, became interested in art and painting at an early age, but didn’t take it up seriously until several years ago. She graduated ( from Caldwell high school with a combined commercial and classical major, has worked in secretarial positions and in advertising during her perusal of the fine arts, and presently makes her hocne in Philadelphia, Pa.Miss Odlivak began study art at the Art Movement Institute in Pittsburgh, taking commercial art background along with painting. From there she went to Trenton Junior College in Trenton. N. J. to study art there. Wishing more advanced work in painting, she moved on to the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia where she continued her studies for four years.The Academy is coordinated with the University of Pennsylvania, and she now holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After her third year at the school, two summers ago, Miss Odlivak was offered a traveling scholarship provided by the school, and spent the summer studying in museums in Great Britain and on the continent. She completed her fourth year after returning from this summer of study, then receiving hei degree.In studying and painting, Miss Odlivak has worked in all media, but oils are her first love. In the past couple of years, she mentioned gaining a fondness for pastels (chalks) in her portrait work, especially in doing children. who, with their short at-l tention span, are more easily m captured by this quicker method of art. Most of her early portraits were in oil, though, and she still continues work in this vein to a great extent.She has sold many still lifes and landscapes, has done commissioned portraits for people, and has exhibited in group exhibitions. Her completed pictures now number in the hundreds, though the artist has no idea how many she has done.Miss Odlivak has, she feels, been influenced by different periods of art. but works towards the representational and does not . lend her talents to the modernistic trend. Though, $he explained, she does like the modern works and appreciates them fully for their color, light, shade, rhythm, and meaning.Early in her career, she exerted more effort in draftsmanship: in portraits especially,which “I like very much. she said. She also does extensive work in still lifes and landscapes, the sizes varying from small eight by tens to large oils a yard or more in height.Her work is. as Miss Odlivak puts it, “mostly representational and recognizable.” As she continued to work and study, she began to experiment with and heighten the color n her paintings. exploring it more. She be-• came more aware, she explained, nf what it Hop* and how it re-Miss Eva Odlivak. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Odlivak. is shown here with only a few ot her paintings which she has collected at thehome of her parents, south of Caldwell. An accomplished artist in her own right. Miss Odlivak is a teacher of art in the Philadelphia schools.of painters was in that era.In her present position as art instructor in the Darby Township ^schools in Philadelphia, Miss Odlivak teaches art to youngsters in grades 2-9 in three schools. She came home to Noble will remain here till the end of will remain here till tie end of July. This fall she will resume her teaching position She paints while at home, preparing her own canvas, and Noble county can be found reproduced in this media in some of her summer painting. The future may call for a private exhibit in the east, though no specific plans have been made in this direction.ELBA — Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Goodwill ana iiimly, of Canton, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Goodwill.Coach Woody Hayes, of Columbus, and his sister, Mary Hayes, of New York, were recent callers of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Haas.Clara Reed has returned home after visiting with Rev. and Mrs. Dean Goodwill and Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hughey, Sr., at Zanesville.Sunday callers at the Pearl Goodwill home were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goodwill, of Marietta, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lee-, of Lower Salem, and Mrs. Ethel Hondershot, of Whipple.Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Goodwill. of Canton, were Saturday callers of Mr. and Mrs. P. D.Carlisle —Hailey's Ridge Grange Is Guest OfLocal Grange With Program GivenHailey’s Ridge Grange was guest of Carlisle Grange Thursday evening. July 10. Carlisle Grange Master. Rayner Schehl, presided at the meeting with Mrs. Earl Archer, lecturer of Hailey’s Ridge Grange, presenting the program. which was well received. The meeting closed with hymn, •'God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” after which a pot luck supper was served and an hour ot fellowship was enjoyed.Frog SupperMr. and Mrs. Charles F. Spence Sr.. of near Carlisle, entertained Friday evening with a frog supper. Guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Clemence Dimmer ling and children. Donna Jean. Don. Margaret Mary, Richard and Charles of Summerfield route, Hugo Spence, of Cambridge, Rose Marie Dimmerling, of Columbus and George Spence, of the home. Attend PartyGertrude Kuhn and Dorothy Archer attended the Stanley brush party Friday, held at the home of Mrs. Margaret Warner. PersonalsMrs. Kathryn Poulton, of New Matamoras, Mrs. Madge Ullman and Walter Marsh, of Stafford, visited Tuesday with Blanche Smith.Mr. and Mrs. Argyll Leasure and son. Junior, were shonnincchildren, all of Woodsfield, visited Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Robbins and family.Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Vanhorn and daughter. Madge and son, Wesley, of Zanesville, visited on Sunday afternoon with his brother. Raymond Smith.Archer’s RidgeARCHER S RIDGE — Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Wiley and daughter, Kathryn Ann, of Caldwell, visited on Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Paisley.Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anderson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Anderson and family were Saturday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Clark and children, Dennis, Dale, Gary. Janice and Michael.Mrs. Bertha Lahuc and son spent Wednesday with Mrs. Ocie Sullivan and David Sullivan.Mrs. Carl Gooden and sons, Harry Gooden, of Byesville and Larry Gooden, of Newark, visited Saturday evening with Mrs. Bertha Lahue and son.
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