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

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

Jackson described a canvas of Harris as Tomato Soup.
Without a pipe of tobacco and a good drink nothing can be done.
In spring 1916, I painted the West Wind sketch. Harris painted Laurie Lake.
1915-16 Forest Undergrowth III 

Being right isn't all there is to life.
1916 View Over a Lake, Autumn #tt1916 

It was in the autumn of 1915, after Carmichael had married, that I moved into the Shack behind the Studio.
1916 Lake in Autumn #tt1916 

Lawren Harris taught me the power and vitality from the German Expressionists