A Colour Co-ordinated Walk On By

I was up very early this morning and despite it raining quite hard I headed out on a short run. Of course I got soaked and of course it stopped precipitating the moment I got back inside but I still felt much better for having made the effort.
When I got back I was looking online when I remembered that I hadn't viewed all the videos from my digital art diet which I started on New Year's Day (see previous blip 01/01/2024).
The video I picked invites you to take a walk on the wild side with the Canadian painter Emily Carr (1871 - 1945) who the art critic Laura Cumming describes as  "a heroine of true grit who lived outdoor in the forests she painted with such whirling, fearless, exhilarating passion" as she depicts "high skies, whispering trees, radiant with stirring motion and flickering light, her paintings are as staggering as the places she represents". When she could no longer paint due to frostbite and illness, Carr took up a pen and wrote Klee Wyck, her acclaimed 1941 memoir of British Columbia
It really is a wonderful video accompanied by some beautifully contemplative music and I found it utterly mesmerising. I've tagged it below if you feel in need of some artistic medicine for the soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9skr_71hU

Today's image was taken on a short afternoon stroll around the nearby Royal British Legion Village just up the road from home. The statue in the foreground stands outside a nursing home for military veterans and represents all the armed forces. Just as I was focusing on the part of the statue I wanted to capture the guy and his canine companion walked past and I noticed they were, along with the background, colour co-ordinated with the statue. Pure luck!