After worship today forty of us climbed onto a school bus and headed for the McMichael Gallery in Kleinburg. We went to see the artwork of Robert Bateman, a Canadian artist who has enjoyed great commercial success but hasn't been well received by critics.
I can't say that the works we saw today touched me very deeply, except for a few like this one of a redwinged blackbird landing on a rail fence.
I do appreciate Bateman's ongoing commitment to environmental projects, both financially and through his influence as a well-known artist. His care for creation was blatantly evident in some of the paintings we saw, and subtlely so in works which reveal the simple beauty of the world around us.
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