Winnipeg gallery showcasing local artist

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Published on Friday, June 10, 2016

Photo by Christine Waddell. Currently on display at the Wayne Arthur Gallery, in St. Boniface, is artwork by Gerd Behrendt of Riding Mountain and his daughter Angela Lillico of Winnipeg.

By Banner Staff

The Neepawa Banner

Gerd Behrendt of Riding Mountain and his daughter Angela Lillico of Winnipeg are co-hosting an art exhibit this month of their works at the Wayne Arthur Gallery on Provencher Ave. in St. Boniface. Behrendt farmed for a number of years at Langruth and is also a musician. He regularly plays his violin at Country Meadows in Neepawa.

The painting to Behrendt’s left is of evergreen trees at the Rosedale Farm, five miles west of Eden. The Neepawa Banner purchased the painting for display at their office at 243 Hamilton Street in downtown Neepawa.

Neepawa Banner and Press publisher, Ken Waddell said, “I chose that painting as I wanted to have one of Gerd’s art pieces and that particular one is of some historic interest. Gerd’s story is fascinating; one we have published a portion of in The Banner. The picture depicts the Rosedale Farm, which was a forerunner of the Whitemud Watershed Conservation District. In 1971, the WWCD was the first one formed in Manitoba. It, and the Rosedale Farm, are a tribute to the vision of many men I worked with when I first came to Neepawa in 1971.”

Behrendt’s story was part of a WWII commemorative article in The Banner that won a provincial first place award for best historical story in 2015.