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Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917

Human figures were elusive to paint. I tried but eventually took it as a sign.

The foreground has different demands than the background. Not sure I can resolve the differences.

@OSAartists 45th Spring Exhibition. Open 10am-6pm Admission 25cents, Saturday Free. In aid of the Patriotic Fund.

I enjoy walking, I once walked 20 miles in a blizzard to Meaford and then back.

Working on the canvas today. Trying to push everything out of my mind.

1913 A Northern Lake, Spring #tt1913

1916 West Wind. My final canvas based on this sketch. #tt1916

March 12, 1917 Toronto World

Know the price of free advice.

I can’t get used to the idea of Jackson being in the machine

In June 1915, Jackson enlisted as a private in the Sixtieth Battalion

My sketches are truth itself.

1912 Dawn at Algonquin Park #tt1912

The War has given every woman that hangdog look. There is no longer joy in the eyes of anyone.

In 1916 I worked with Ed Godin, following the Booth lumber drives down the Ottawa

The pines that were considered unpaintable were beautiful to me.

No need to shout at the Almighty, he won't listen

1916 Spruce and Tamarack #tt1916

I started working at Grip in 1908. That's where I met Jim MacDonald.

#TomThomson visits the Murals in Huntsville on YouTube http://t.co/5YM4goPFt8 @dtwnhuntsville