This piece of art shows Algonquins canoeing. Captured before our house fire it sat on our living room coffee table years back. On Monday it will come back to us from the fire damage restoration. So will the table but not the sofas. We are living in a temporary rental home since March 2008. Our own fire damaged house sits and waits for reconstruction because we are faced with many exteral conflicts. To date the fire marshall has not released the outcome of the cause. That impacts everything we try to do. The property is insured but even that has been held up. Let us move on.
The bronze depicted here was bought from Rob Knox, the artist brother of a client who was influential in re-viving an old Ontario brewery, the Algonquin Brewery. It made it's beer from some old family recipe in Formosa where there was a great supply of natural spring water. Once in production, it was available where ever beer was sold in Ontario. The statue is a replica of the logo that was used for the brand. Some time later in the 90's a fellow by the name of Jim Brickman decided to create a microbrewery in Ontario. He bought the rights and the brewery under the heading of Brisk brewery. Thus the Algonquins have moved on. It happens when there is consolidation. I don't like beer but I love the statue and the history Kleinste Motte.
