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ART RAISES SPIRITS, FUNDS – A smiling Jack Gunter, kneeling, is as happy as Bruce Bradburn, high bidder, left of painting. From left, friend Steve, almost winner Bev Swanson, Don Wick, auctioneer, Bradburn, Joy Neal, library director, Susan Macek, library foundation director and Rebecca Strong, La Conner Arts Commission chair. – Photo by Ken Stern
Some 60 people came out on a near winter-like Sunday afternoon to see local filmmaker Jack Gunter’s documentary “The Quest for the Lost Paintings of Siberia” in Maple Hall. Gunter, a Camano Island artist better known for his paintings, calls himself the “Brat Artist.” Much of his art is humorous, exemplified by his flying pigs, which are a part of the film. In fact, a pig narrates Gunter’s account of his 2013 trip to Russia to recover paintings stuck in the former Soviet Union back in 1989.
The film, organized by the La Conner Arts Commission to provide activities to both residents and tourist...
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