Jackson was such a talker. I was such a good audience for him

Being an artist have given me an independent point of view - not good for the war effort some say.

Down the gullies the North's wild vibrant lyre

Rouses the bitter armies of the cold.

- W. Campbell

If you are to remain true as an artist, you need to remain true to the art you first learned as a craftsmen.

Jackson knew how to draw out my talent rather than hammering in me technique.

1912 Drowned Land #tt1912 @agotoronto

This is my father, John Thomson

Huntsville is as dry as a bone.

As a youth I spent a year out of school because of illness. It gave me time to wander alone in nature.

Two drops of horse liniment taken on a lump of sugar. George Rowe's cure for a hangover

I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree - poet Joyce Kilmer

Jackson and I were so poor that we could only afford the occasional film at the cinema.

I did my best work when I was not the best of company.

1915 Autumn Colour #tt1915 ?1

I am not a philosophner, nor a mystic, just an inspired man struggling against heavy odds.

My journal entry for June 15th, 1917 https://wp.me/p2YBXq-1g0

In a room at the Dominion Hotel in Huntsville. This hotel, like all of Huntsville is dry as a bone. My last night here.

Fred Varley persuaded me to submit my work to the OSA Exhibition

Only one place to go, when you have no longer have friends in Huntsville - the Dominion Hotel.

The disruption of the War was heart-breaking for all of us