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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

Planning to go see Chaplin at the Bloor and Bathurst pictures tonight. "Easy Street" is his latest.

1912 Mississagi #tt1912

In May 1915, after the sinking of the Lusitania, electric signs advertising German beer in Toronto were removed.

1916 Trees and Stump above shore

Florence McGillivray has provided me with much good advice and inspiration. Afterglow was purchased by the @gallerydotca in 1914

Dr MacCallum encouraged Jackson to have an art show at the Arts and Letters club in 1913. Critics were merciless.

The deer would show up in the evening for the Highland Inn for their daily handout. 'Wildlife' but they were tamer than cattle.

The land that raises you will always be a part of you.

A Valentine sent to me by @StoneRidgeArt

Paint the scene as you see it. It will never repeat itself

I never interfere with my friends' affairs, but the reverse isn't necessarily true

1908 Sawmill, Owen Sound. Oil on composite wood-pulp board 6 7/8 x 10 in.

Feb 14, 19 Toronto World

Shall I not be real as the things I see?

No man is born an Artist, so no man is born an Angler. Izaak Walton

People refused to believe I was painting real trees. Finally, Jackson had to say 'Yes, what Tom is painting is really there'

Photographing live game is one of the greatest sports of the North - @mowatlodge brochure.

1915 Maple Woods Bare Trunks #tt1915

Avoid entering a canoe with anyone who displays evangelical fervour.

A clump of birches is enough inspiration for me to paint a sketch.