1906 Portrait of an Old Lake Captain. Oil on canvas laid down on masonite

Lake of Two Rivers view

The smell of balsam fir is much preferable to coal smoke and raw sewage

Mowat Lodge, Canoe Lake https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NJ1DCMIIyX69pEbRGI6SqIcyoA93QaLgXe4hRjPrCPU=w802-h677-no

Highland Inn, Algonquin Park https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/w-ujurHqu08JeDzq4E90UzGbgymqQLI8M2zGMSRKL7w=w1019-h650-no

Tent City, Algonquin National Park https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OHnxoNZkD8a0HK8sNv82uCl-cRRpr1LWSMKmJe2IRK0=w1071-h677-no

As artists, we were all influenced by the Art Nouveau movement: lines, loops and whorls.

1905 Motor Car #tt1905

Authenticity is dirty, gritty, uncomfortable but the result is exhiliarating.

Beach, pine, canoe and rapid. That is how Harris described Georgian Bay.

1915-16 Moonlight Oil on canvas found at Crombie House https://goo.gl/maps/riBe4z47J6q

By 1904 I was back in Toronto. I lived in numerous boarding houses for 10 years

Harris liked to sketch the houses in the Toronto neighbourhoods. I had no interest in that.

In a large gathering I have nothing to say, but in the company of friends I am a different man

Avoid entering a canoe with anyone who displays evangelical fervour.

1916 Autumn Woods @aeartcentre #tt1916

I feel like it is my duty to paint canvases but my real joy is sketching my boards,

When Jackson enlisted and left Toronto in 1915, Frankin Carmichael moved into the Studio with me

Authenticity is dirty, gritty, uncomfortable but the result is exhiliarating.

1917 Ragged Lake #tt1917

A good sketch imparts a different feeling every time you look at it.

Several days at a time alone under canvas can clear your thoughts

I was accused of going to the Dufond Indian Farm whenever I wanted to do the Rain Dance.

Harris, a Theosophist, MacDonald, a Transcendentalist, I just liked to paint

1915 Northern Lights #tt1915

1905 Sleeping Dog Graphite on paper 4 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.

Canoeing through drowned land

I've discovered that sketches make for a brilliantly-coloured campfire

MacDonald helped me to see landscape differently and made me approach painting with reverence

I had something that nobody else could acquire - the north in my blood.

You cant work in peace unless you have a bear trying to steal your bacon.