“An Indian summer is a meteorological phenomenon that occurs in the autumn. It refers to a period of considerably above normal temperatures, accompanied by dry and hazy conditions, usually after there has been a killing frost. Depending on latitude and elevation, the phenomenon can occur in the Northern Hemisphere between late September and mid November.”

Well this was it (and still is)! We hit the 20 degrees plus during the long weekend. It was strange to see people wearing only shorts and tee-shirts while only a few days ago, we had our autumn jacket on, along with a scarf…

I was in Montreal for the weekend. The city had an overall golden tone and it was raining yellow and red leaves. The temperature was so beautiful that I took a long walk to see the Lino retrospective at the Centre de design de l’UQAM. The town was strangely quiet for such a beautiful day. People were all on cafes’ terraces and out of the streets!

Lino (real name Alain Lebrun) is a Montreal based artist. Montrealers often know his work without knowing him since a good part of his art ends up on the walls of the city under the form of movie, publicity or theatre posters. That is how I knew him as well.

It was interesting to see his paintings, drawings and short animations at the gallery; you can feel a unity in his body of work and it helps you understand how everything he does is connected.

The last image shows his studio, reproduced to the last detail. Lino said in an interview that it is so perfectly recreated that he had the reflex of sitting down in his chair when he walked into the space.