Although he does note, again only half-jokingly, that Canadians may not have as many preconceptions about Harris’ work as we tend to assume. Related“I remember Andrew telling me, ‘Oh, we all grew up with these paintings,’” Martin says with a smile creeping across his face. “In these paintings Harris has become more transcendental, more metaphorical, grander in his thought,” Martin explains. Steve Martin likes to joke — well maybe not joke, exactly, but relate in a slightly sheepish manner — that he “discovered” Lawren Harris. Martin discovered Harris in the same sense that Los Angeles discovered hockey when Wayne Gretzky landed there in the late ’80s.

Source: National Post July 01, 2016 12:00 UTC