This is the story of World War Two as seen through the eyes of Canadian war artists such as Alex Colville, Lawren Harris, Charles Comfort as they painted the face of war. It includes rare interviews with Canada's few living war artists, their personal recollections, diaries and letters. And all their stories are set against the stunning visual backdrop of their war art. Historians Maria Tippett and Hugh Halliday provide the political and social context for the war artists' work, and WWII film footage sets the scene. Canvas of War is conflict as you've never seen it.... terrifying, whimsical, evocative, and beautiful. Narrated by R. H. Thomson.