[BCMA] Osoyoos Museum receives Plaskett landscapes

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The Osoyoos Museum has received a major gift of landscape drawings, donated by celebrated  Canadian artist and recipient of the Order of Canada , Joseph Plaskett. 

 Joe spent many childood summers in Osoyoos with his parents to visit family and friends.  He frequently returned, and on his most recent trip here in September, presented the Osoyoos Museum Society with a body of  25 pastel landscape drawings, created between 1956 and 1988.

Gayle Cornish, Executive Director of the Osoyoos Museum, accepted the works and was ecstatic.  "This  is a thrilling development, not only for our community and our museum, but for the arts community at large. These drawings are an historic and faithful record of the landscape as it was, and are  a testament to his love of the area.  They are a source of great community pride! Most residents in Osoyoos know Joe Plaskett. He is well repected and well loved in this community."

 In a recent letter, Plaskett said,  " I wish I had stayed at least a couple more days in the Okanagan, EVEN TO DO A FEW NEW PASTELS! But the joy of being once again in that much loved landscape with so many rich friendships and past memories fill me with joy."

Plans are already underway to exhibit the Osoyoos pastels by Joe Plaskett at galleries throughout the province in 2011 and 2012. 
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