This is a painting by Alex Colville, one of Canada's most respected artists. It's called "Swimming Dog and Canoe". Apparently, a lot of great Canadian art is going on sale on May 25 at the Heffel Gallery at 2247 Granville Street and you can pop in and see it before people with $300,000+ buy it and put it away in their rec rooms or whatever rich people have in place of rec rooms.
Do you know who the Group of Seven is? If you don't, you should. They are some of the most famous of all Canadian visual artists and they were revolutionary painters. If you don't know, look them up! They are fascinating and inspirational artists and we should know them as well as we know the names of explorers, hockey players and American basketball stars! (If you don't know their names, they are Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, J.E.H. MacDonald, Arthur Lismer, Frederick Varley, Frank Carmichael, and Frank Johnston.) Another famous painter of that time period is Tom Thompson who disappeared on a painting expedition in Algonquin Park long ago.
It's going to be a rainy day, so a trip to an art gallery might be just the way to spend your Victoria Day. Don't forget that Fine Arts Night is on Thursday, May 26 from 7 - 9 p.m. We'll see our own future artists, musicians, actors, theatre technicians and directors strut their stuff. (Can you believe that I was able to put this picture in my blog!)
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