{"id":12993,"date":"2020-02-19T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T19:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=12993"},"modified":"2020-02-19T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T19:47:19","slug":"views-of-a-village-a-new-art-exhibit-at-a-new-cafe-in-manotick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/views-of-a-village-a-new-art-exhibit-at-a-new-cafe-in-manotick\/","title":{"rendered":"Views of a Village: A new art exhibit at a new cafe in Manotick!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span> have been a fan of Ottawa’s Andrew King <\/a>for a long time. He’s a talented painter with a delightful whimsical streak, but he also loves Ottawa’s quirky side as much – if not more! – than I do. His Twitter feed<\/a> and Ottawa Rewind<\/a> blog (and book!) are a constant source of delight. I was aware that he’d moved to Manotick a few years back, and it’s clear he loves living here as much as I do.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, I literally gasped in amazement when I saw some of his latest paintings on Twitter: he’s been doing a wonderful series of some of Manotick’s most iconic buildings, but in a way I’ve never before seen them captured. Here’s a few of them:<\/p>\n

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Are they not exquisite? They fill my heart with joy looking at them. I love how they’re iconic Manotick and yet utterly unique. I especially love this one because he’s sought out and captured the former home and studio of Group of Seven artist A.Y. Jackson. Did you know he used to live in Manotick? One of my favourite parks for family photos is named for him!<\/p>\n

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We are, in fact, on an island here, but I’m pretty sure I’ve walked just about everywhere you can on the island without finding a lighthouse. This reminds me of my other happy place, PEI, though, so I’m okay with it. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Extraordinary, right? I was so taken with them that I reached out and introduced myself (we’ve been following each other on Twitter for years, but never had reason to make contact) and asked if I could share some of the images on the blog. Andrew, who used to live in Westboro, moved to Manotick three years ago. He told me that for him, over time Westboro had lost the small-town neighbourhood vibe that he had loved to infill, traffic noise and corporate greed. In Manotick, he found what I’ve loved for the 10+ years we’ve lived here: a close-knit community where everyone smiles and says hello. <\/p>\n

When I asked him about the inspiration for these paintings, he said, “Being a late 1800s mill town, [Manotick] has done a remarkable job of preserving that original character, which I wanted to capture in my paintings. That is this show, Views Of A Village, a place I know proudly call home and hope to for a long time. The historic buildings inspire me as does the laid back river lifestyle that the town is built on. With all these great elements it provides me with a relaxing and inspiring painting environment at my home studio…and if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good enough for Group Of Seven artist AY Jackson to build his studio, then I guess I picked a good spot!” <\/p>\n

My camera and I agree wholeheartedly. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Even more delightfully, he’s exhibiting his work at Manotick’s newest cozy spot to gather, the wonderful new Cafe 692<\/a> on Manotick Main Street. Here’s some bonus art with all the details you need if you want to come see the paintings in person:<\/p>\n

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If you can’t make it for the opening on Thursday, Andrew assures me that the art will be on display for a few weeks at least. <\/p>\n

If you go:<\/strong>
\nViews of a Village<\/em> at the 692 Caf\u00c3\u00a9
\n5546 Manotick Main St
\nOpens February 20, 7 to 9 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been a fan of Ottawa’s Andrew King for a long time. He’s a talented painter with a delightful whimsical streak, but he also loves Ottawa’s quirky side as much – if not more! – than I do. His Twitter feed and Ottawa Rewind blog (and book!) are a constant source of delight. I … Continue reading “Views of a Village: A new art exhibit at a new cafe in Manotick!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-postcards-from-manotick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12993"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13007,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12993\/revisions\/13007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}