National Galery of Canada.
The building is beautiful and huge. Since the walls and floors are a mix of granite and concrete the building gives off a strange mix of warm looks with parking garage concrete finish. Floorplan PDF
- Alex Colville and his paintings are all now familiar to me.
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Current exhibitions
- Christopher Pratt orthogonal art I like. We discussed multiple vanishing point perspective.
- Christopher Pratt’s ‘Argentia: The Ruins of Fort McAndrew: After the Cold War,’ is a 2013 painting of a site near the artist’s home in Newfoundland.
Christopher Pratt’s ‘Argentia: The Ruins of Fort McAndrew: After the Cold War,’ - Mary Pratt Paintings - She is quite a hyperrealism painting master (hyperrealism sculpture - wow). Her Salmon on Saran is hard to tell from a photograph.
Salmon on Saran
watercolour on paper board
signed and dated 1987
10 1/2 x 36 in 26.7 x 91.4cm - The garden court seasonal colours, the sea of bromeliads is restful.
Bromeliads at Christmas
- Geoffrey Farmer’s 16000 Leaves of Grass, an assemblage of cut-out images from Life magazines The National Gallery shows off some of its recent purchases | Ottawa Citizen
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More:
- The Process: Alex Colville - National Gallery of Canada
Fibonacci layout grid - fibonacci painting -
Golden Ratio Myth, Math and Misunderstanding (for Debunkers) The spirals most commonly seen in nature are equi-angular (aka logarithmic) spirals. This simply means that the spiral expands at a constant rate. This occurs because it creates an even flow of energy or distribution of tension. This has nothing at all to do with the golden ratio.
- Teacher Resource Alex Colvillewww.ago.net/assets/files/pdf/AGO Alex Colville Teacher Resource.pdf
Other topics we discussed today:
- the black thorn restaurant ottawa served innovative drinks and good food in a cosy retro-feel environment.
- World Population The great fill up to 11 billion.
hans rosling - economist
predicts 9 billion by 2050 TED Talk
predicts 11 billion by 2100 This update made me feel better about the world. Take an hour, watch this
Peak child is now at 2 billion: Hans Rosling: Religions and babies | TED Talk | TED.com
