art in the park

My favourite thing on Sunday was Art in the Park (which has been renamed the New Art Festival but I still prefer the old name). In fact, the Great Glebe Garage Sale and Art in the Park are my two favourite Ottawa weekend events. This year I discovered a new (to me) ceramic artist, Lesley McInally, whose work is beautifully and interestingly textured and evocative. I bought four(!) things from her--they were small--brought them home and liked them so much that I rode my bike back and bought one more. And I like them more and more each day. I'll try to take a picture one of these days and put it up here. And several years ago I "discovered" Meaghan Haughian at Art in the Park. One of her paintings is on the wall beside me now and I still love her work.