The first-ever Bill Mason art exhibit and sale opened Friday in a tiny gallery outside Ottawa, but don’t bring your checkbook – all 50 paintings were sold within 22 minutes of the show’s opening. Phone purchases were scheduled to begin half an hour after the doors opened – but that was already eight minutes after the last ‘sold’ sticker went up. “It’s almost as if Mason created these tiny glimpses of art just for people who appreciate the charms made accessible by a canoe” – All About Canoes News