Painting By Dad Featured on the McMichael Gallery Homepage

Now this is pretty cool! I was trying to find the dates the Brush With War Exhibition is going to be here in Victoria and I stumbled across the McMichael Gallery homepage. Lo and behold, that's one of two paintings by Colin Williams (Dad wasn't adding the 'E' to his signature back then) selected for inclusion in the show! A Brush with War: Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan features the work of Canadian civilian artists who have recorded the work of the Canadian Armed Forces. This blurb is from the McMichael website:

"War and art may seem a strange combination, but, around the world and for centuries, moments in military history have been immortalized in art. In Canada, governments and armed forces, since the First World War, have encouraged artists to represent their operations, battles, and aid to civilians through art."

For more information about the program and the McMichael Collection, visit their homepage here: http://www.mcmichael.com/exhibitions/abrushwithwar/index.cfm