I know we said we were done talking about the Group of Seven FOR NOW, but we received some really cool pictures in an email yesterday that we just have to share with you. Last week we stopped in Huntsville to catch up on laundry and a shower. While our dryer was tumbling we ran around trying to photograph as many of their community murals as we could find. They have over thirty murals and guess what they are? Yup—Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven! However, we were disappointed that there was one very special mural that that we couldn’t see because it is in a building closed due to the pandemic—The Summit Centre. In June of 2010 Muskoka hosted more than mosquitoes and black flies—they were the site of the G8 Summit. That’s a really big special meeting every four years where leaders, like presidents and prime ministers, from all over the world get together to talk about how they can make things better. Boy, I bet there was a crazy amount of security. The people in Huntsville thought it would be really cool if these important leaders would help paint one of their community murals. One of their area artists (Gerry Lantaigne) made sure a reproduction of Tom Thomson’s West Wind was completed except for the very bottom part. I’m not sure they even knew that it would absolutely happen. So, I can imagine how happy they were when these really busy people took the time to brush on the last bit of paint. I found a picture on the internet that shows Prime Minister Harper and President Obama getting ready to paint, but when I wrote to Amanda Hill, at the summit centre, she sent us the very best pictures. We have a picture of the plaque showing everyone who painted, the mural itself, and the brushes they used. Thank you so much...this is awesome! I think it is very special that they took a moment to recognize that Canadian art is important and some day I hope I will be able to go back and see this mural. Can you tell who each paint brush belongs to by the flags? You are Always in my Prayers. Love Mom.
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