I've discovered that sketches make for a brilliantly-coloured campfire
Plan showing location of @mowatlodge https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vM6bPhpNdRnA7tF1mD2IWzC1IrKeaDM9LkhmMxrv4bo=w477-h677-no
Grand Trunk Station, Allandale https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JOnf8IKb4ghIlRkuP8GOinPKr3ryU97uc1LMurwRWNI=w1006-h619-no
In 1906 my brother George gave up being a businessman and went to NY City to become an artist.
What happened to the pipe? 
Solitary Canoe on Shore https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/62s7PeyKOkE-ardEdDT3yjyePH6auiGmOXkggVFCvoE=w1006-h577-no
Jack Pine and West Wind https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Klp2VeV2e_quskBBRlCTSEfQXZSNFNCuCyJL78fj2pU=w944-h677-no
1913 Canoeist on the Lake https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/l-4zgvBkVl2ykr8YcreZMDoA8dowPMlyd-hGTx5DtIA=w628-h352-no
Lawren Harris taught me the power and vitality from the German Expressionists
1916 Winter in Canoe Lake Trainor Cottage 
Being right isn't all there is to life.
The most bland are downright offended by the use of bright colour.
An good artist ventures into the familiar and returns with the unfamiliar
The smell of balsam fir is much preferable to coal smoke and raw sewage
1916 Spruce and Tamarack #tt1916 
It is better to be true to yourself than be a groomed puppet of insincerity and falsehood
I attended the theathre wherever I could.
Lismer went up with me to Canoe Lake in the Spring of 1914. It was a thrilling revelation for him.
The O.S.A. Spring Exhibition was a public disaster for us, - you should be fighting in the trenches, was the comment