Expressions

 We begin today with an abstract painting that caught my eye, That Blue, by Kelly Rendek, whose work we saw yesterday.

An astonishing work, large in size, hung on its own. Sarah Tompkins, another graduate of the art program at the University of Ottawa, created Now The Air Is So Filled With Ghosts/ That No One Knows How To Escape Them.

It's an abstract painting, which normally doesn't work for me, but this one mesmerized me. 

A look out from a window here towards the University of Ottawa.

These are collectively called Getting To Know You, a triptych painting by Heer Mandaliya, who I started this off with.

Another of her works- Baithak.

And another, this being Unnoticed- I.

This triptych set is her Unnoticed II. 

I headed out of the first gallery to a lower level, having had found the works of all three artists captivating. A patio down here is still locked for the winter, but offers good views. And one can photograph from the inside.

This staircase heading down to the other main entrance once stood in the Firestone home. The Firestones left their collection of their art to the province in order for it to be publicly accessible, and it ended up being presented to the city. Much of the Firestone Collection is managed by the OAG.