Today I visited the National Gallery of Canada by taking a very enjoyable bike ride in beautiful late spring weather along the banks of the Rideau Canal. From Vanessa and Craig's house the bike ride to downtown Ottawa takes about 30 minutes for a distance of about 10 km. It is a very picturesque ride and, as it follows a canal, is very suited to by cycle riding. Along this section of the canal there are a number of locks as it drops into the Ottawa River close to the National Gallery of Canada.
Outside the Gallery there exists a hugh sculpture of a black spider and the building itself is a bit of an architectural masterpiece. The Gallery is home to a number of works by Cezanna, Van Gogh and Gauguin. There is a group of well know Canadian artists known as the Group of Seven who banded together to promote their style of art back in the early 1900's. I found this interesting as it reminded me of a similar movement in Australian art in the late 1800's know as the Heidelburg School - well known artists such as Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts.
JJ here, sounds like my kind of bike ride :)
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