1915 Autumn Colour #tt1915 ?1

I try hard to make my large pieces rise above good decoration.

I never studied art, but I briefly attended business college.

Finished my journal entry. Reading Lake Lyrics by Wilfred Campbell, poem 'Vapor and Blue'. Tomorrow I might start reading a German spy novel.

One should never look a gift Victrola in the mouth.

By the fireplace reading. I've left my sketch to dry by the wall. 3 days - 3 sketches. Feeling pleased with myself.

Arthur Lismer showed me the way of Constable and the English Watercolourists

I was accused of painting 'diseased trees'

1916 Campfire #tt1916 #upclose 3 of 4

The remedy for overly-civilized men is a camping vacation.

Suppertime. 65 blocks of ice in today. George and Lawrie came over for dinner. They'll be helping the next couple of days.

When people put pressure on me, I get restless and want them to disappear.

Deep in the bush. It still feels like winter here. The cedars are heavy laden with snow. This'll make a good sketch.

Doubt is my passion. Passion is my task. ~ Henry James

When the temperature goes below minus forty the only thing that moves is the smoke from chimneys.

I was keenly interested in the work of Van Gogh

1913 Autumn Algonquin #tt1913

Spring sky

Spring woods

I try hard to make my large pieces rise above good decoration.

This etiquette also applies to bush telephones

Square dances are a good way of getting to know women while keeping your options open.

Make art for the right reason and acknowledge that some will walk away.

Back at the Shack

When back in the city, I can never get Algonquin Park out of my head.

A corset has two functions: to keep women in, and to keep men out.

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

Invite an artist over for a hot dinner, a good conversation, a stiff drink, and buy his art so he can pay his rent.

Majestic pines

1916 Pointer Boats #upclose 1 #tt1916

Florence and I go for supper at the Busy Bee Restaurant on Yonge St.

I never regarded my painting as important until I started working at Grip

Grand Trunk Railway brochure

Florence knows about @WinnieTrainor. She's seen the letters and cards.

An old hat, an old suit, and a fishing rod is all I need in the wilderness.

If you intend your art to show that you are better than others then you have failed.

In my youth I had bouts of illness that kept me home from school.

Why does a Nation have to define itself by War? Why not by Art?

The stronger light is lifting my spirits. Spring is not far away. It's making me yearn to up North as soon as I can.

As I am now, so you shall be. Prepare thyself to follow me. ttlastspring.com