1916 Autumn #tt1916 
Tom Thomson
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I spent many happy days looking at tree stumps..
My grandfather was the most celebrated fisherman in Pickering, my father in Sydenham and me in Algonquin.
1916 Autumn Algonquin Park #tt1916 
1915-16 Decoration Autumn Landscape 
Those who go a-borrowing go a-sorrowing.
For the landscape to paint, I was indebted to the lumber companies; dams, log shutes, camp clearings
Jackson described a canvas of Harris as Tomato Soup.
I resented Dr MacCallum saying that Jackson had too m
I am plain and easy-going as an old shoe.
1914 Mowat Lodge #tt1914 
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1916-17 The Pointers 
Jimmy MacDonald helped me to incorporate strong design principles in my work.
1902 Self Portrait A Day in Tacoma 
I liked to get my birch panels from a veneer mill in South River. I ordered them by the hundred-lot.
Wind from the east, fish bite the least
Torment is part of the artist's job description
I detest subterfuge and snobbery but I am sensitive to ridicule.
Dr MacCallum tried to find out animal-like shapes in our brushstrokes. It annoyed us.