I've been on a mini vacation - took three days off work last week and combined with the weekend had a total of five days away from the office. It was a nice break and the weather was fantastic .... but I am not ready to go back to work. I did not do anything special - went downtown one of the days, treated myself to a spa morning one of the days. I went for a long walk every day and generally enjoyed the autumn weather.
On Saturday I went to the McMichael Gallery ... this was only my second visit - the first was many years ago. I really enjoyed the visit - the gallery is known for its collection of art by 'The Group of Seven'. My favourite pieces in the gallery were by David Milne .. who is not associated with The Group of Seven.
The gallery had special exhibits of both Robert Bateman and Mary Pratt. I have to say I was unexpectedly impressed by the Bateman works ... I had just been associating him with very routine mass produced prints of his work - he seems way over produced. But the exhibit had a lot of early works - many done in Africa, some abstracts and many political works - he is an ardent environmentalist. I was glad to see more of his work and get more insight into his career.
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