Nature is one of my favourite artists. Anywhere you look, there is so much on display. Always changing, surprising,
Nature’s art abundant at Potholes Provincial Park

Nature is one of my favourite artists. Anywhere you look, there is so much on display. Always changing, surprising,
I realized that not only did the whole exhibition seem strange and ad hoc, but that there was something strange, eerie, and mysterious about each piece. What is strange about a rock or a snow bank? Under normal circumstances, or should I say in plain, everyday snapshots, nothing, but these were not everyday, plain photos. I realized that as soon as I focused on that nagging feeling of strangeness.
Is this where we are headed without a viewfinder?
I love to be surprised by a work of art, and Abigail Gossage’s photograph of the NAC underpass did just that when I stumbled upon it on the artist’s website.
“Wow,” I said. “I want to see what she is seeing.”
Having taken strolls along the National Arts Centre stretch of the Rideau Canal, I knew exactly where Gossage stood when she snapped her shot. My memory, however, recalled only a cold concrete tunnel − not the visually rich and engaging composition of light and shadow, curves and lines, textures and patterns, that the artist captured.