Comments | chickenfeet2003: Miller Brittain at the McMichael

chickenfeet2003

Miller Brittain at the McMichael

Jan 10, 2008 16:38

Kate, lemur_catta and I went out to Kleinburg today for a visit to the McMichael Collection. There were several special exhibitions on but the pick was unquestionably Miller Brittain: When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears. I don't remember coming across Brittain before, though I suppose I must have seen some of his pictures in the Beaverbrook Museum in ( Read more... )

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shezan January 11 2008, 01:36:45 UTC

I'd never heard of Miller Brittain, but this looks remarkable from the little one sees on the gallery website you linked to. Any more of his art on the web?

chickenfeet2003 January 11 2008, 11:32:48 UTC

That was about the best I could find with a quick Google. I have another idea which I will pursue.

chickenfeet2003 January 11 2008, 11:46:36 UTC

Link to 14 pictures in the Beaverbrook Gallery

chickenfeet2003 January 11 2008, 11:52:58 UTC

35 more from the National Gallery.

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sabotabby January 11 2008, 01:43:23 UTC

The whole greenbelt thing is...odd. I worked on a project for the Oak Ridges Moraine conservation group, and as far as I can tell, the idea is to buy ecologically sensitive or valuable land from its owners, or ask them nicely to give it, and there is a lot of gray when it comes to how conservation is defined.