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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

Fred Varley tried to set me up with wife's half-sister. I didn't appreciate that.

Shannon Fraser is no stranger to self-aggrandizement

Jackson had the greater initiative and was as indifferent to material ambition as I was

I was a diligent and talented designer but it was my colleagues who convinced me to become a serious painter.

1917 Northern Lights. #tt1917

My sense of colour came from my Seattle days where I saw the birth of the coloured images on the printed page

Jim MacDonald had the top floor in the Studio Building but due to illness in 1917 moved to ground floor

I produce my work for my own satisfaction, not for its effect on the crowd.

One must look through a sea of self-doubt when painting a canvas.

1915 Sunset #tt1915 #upclose 4 of 4

The air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses ~ GTR brochure

Some say my colours are exaggerated, but that was the very colour in the light of the moment.

Carmichael described my canvas as having a vast expanse of grey and soggy sky.

Civilization is only a veneer. Deep down everyone revolts at civilization.

1915 Northern Spring #tt1915

The north-eastern section of the Park is great for sketching, the hills are steeper and the rapids are cataracts.