Still in the throws of summer doldrums, I decided to take my own advice and visit a gallery for inspiration. The McMichael Gallery in Klienberg, http://www.mcmichael.com/, in addition to it's regular collection of Candian art, currently has two very interesting exhibitions. Marc-Aurele Fortin was a painter from Quebec from 1888 to 1970. He painted luminous, colourful landscapes of Quebec city, Charlevoix and Montreal in watercolour, oil, pastel and casein. He produced and estimated 8000 to 100,000 works, many of which were lost to fire, poor storage and unscrupulous dealers. Very inspiring!
The other artist of interest is Ivan Eyre, a living artist from Saskatchewan who has been producing art for 50 years. He is a painter and sculptor.There is an indoor exhibit and also nine of his very large and imposing sculptures in the new " Sculpture Garden".
