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psychochicken August 13 2009, 20:21:13 UTC
I love 'Come Sit and Have Some Tea'! 'Fire Down on The Labrador' is also very beautiful.

Canadian art is totally unique. I loved it when I was over there.

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morgaine_x August 14 2009, 01:12:30 UTC
I like "Come Sit and Have Some Tea" too!

The "Fire Down on the Labrador" is as ubiquitous as the columnist says... I have a print. ;) And a bit of a vested interest - he is a distant relation. The book about his work is gorgeous: http://cgi.ebay.ca/DAVID-BLACKWOOD-MASTER-PRINTMAKER-2001-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ200362816908QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item2ea68df58c&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

I actually have 2 copies. I already had one, and when I saw another come up on eBay last year, bought it too, as a gift which I haven't yet given, for one reason or another. (And based on the link, I own two bargain copies; one of the 1st edition, and one of the 2nd.)

I also have a fondness for Don Wright's "Red Trench" - I appreciated the controversy it caused when the provincial government acquired it; and I once did a workshop with

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