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Year was ‘fantastic‘ for Fair Queen as reign ends Painting of lower Ball‘s Falls marks a trio of anniversaries Today, Mr. Romagnoli is still actively involved in art. He was recently commissioned to creâ€" ate a painting in order to comâ€" memorate the 30th anniversary of the Niagara Peninsula Conâ€" servation Authority, â€"the 25th anniversary of Ball‘s Falls Hisâ€" torical Park and the 20th anniversary of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundâ€" ation. He chose to paint a picture of the lower falls at Ball‘s Falls Historical Park. The original painting has been made into an anniversary poster. by PETER DOWNS Brian Romagnoli‘s art career began with a firstâ€"prize award at the Lincoln County Fair for a fire prevention poster he drew when he was five years old. Mr. Romagnoli said he had long been looking for an opporâ€" tunity to paint Ball‘s Falls, but forâ€"various reasons hadn‘t found the time. When he was approached by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Auâ€" thority: (NPCA) to produce the anniversary poster "everyâ€" thing just seemed to fit into place," he said. "It was an ideal situation." "A painting of Ball‘s Falls doesn‘texist, to my knowledge, out there on the market," said Mr. Romagnoli. "It‘s kind of a new thing." _ The Lincoln County Fair Queen Committee is preparing for the Miss Lincoln County Fair Pageant. members of the fair queen committee are (from left): Glenna (Reimer) Cairnie, a former fair queen, Charlotte Hoffman, chairperson for the committee, and Lisa Mackie, Lincoln‘s current fair queen. With the aid of photographs of the falls he had taken about five years ago and several sketches he made while on location, Mr. Romagnoli was able to capture the lowerfalls in his water color painting. Growing up near the falls didn‘t hurt his representaâ€" tion, either. A member of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) and viceâ€"chairman of the Jorâ€" dan Historical Muséum Board, Mr. Romagnoliis "interested in the preservation of natural, hisâ€" torical and agricultural enâ€" vironments." Mr. Romagnoli explained that he chose to use the lower falls of the historical park as a subjectfor his painting because "the beauty is really undisâ€" turbed. It‘s a natural cataract. A wellâ€"kept secret." Although he has training in graphic design, medical and film illustration and advertisâ€" ing, from schools in Ontario and Europe, he has devoted most of his time to painting and drawâ€" ing in recent years. â€" He is able to explore the hisâ€" tory of Canada and, more speciâ€" fically, of Ontario through his work and travels to many museums and historical sites in Ontario to do so. The results of this exploration can be seen in , September 27, 1989 This huge example of his taâ€" lents can be found on the wall of the Conlin Engineering Buildâ€" ing, 176 King Street, Welland. The work was sponsored by John.Deere Welland Works and is one of the few murals painted for the festival that has lights illuminating it at night.. ¢ One of Mr. Romagnoli‘s largest historical works, in terms of size, is, without a doubt, the mural he was comâ€" missioned to paint for the Welâ€" land Festival of Arts. the many limited edition prints available through his art pubâ€" lishing company, Vintage Prints. Although he could not attend the Lincoln County Fair this year because he was at an art show in Ottawa, Mr. Romagnoli was at the Niagara Regional Fair last week promoting the commemorative posters. . Money made from the sale of the $5 poster will be used by the Niagara Peninsula Conservaâ€" tion Foundation for conservaâ€" tion and environmental proâ€" jects. Mr. Romagnoli will be in attendance at the 15th Annual Ball‘s Falls Thanksgiving Fesâ€" tival on October 6,7,8, and 9 in the Niagara Regional Conâ€" servation Authority booth, signing copies of his poster. Sepr ® Brian Romagnoli