Look at a subject. Look for the larger idea. Then paint the subject.
Tom Thomson
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Follow the Journal of My Last Spring on nostr. Tweeting in real-time from 1917
The essence of life is creative but our manner of living is not creative.
Paint the scene as you see it. It will never repeat itself
I have a contempt for subterfuge, sham and snobbery.
England in the Spring! Overseas at Once!' read the most recruiting adverts.
My father thought his boys owed him a living and forced us to stay on the farm until 21.
I sent nothing to the @OSAartists 45th Spring Exhibition. It was my choice. I need to remind myself of that.
The War has given every woman that hangdog look. There is no longer joy in the eyes of anyone.
I embrace solitude
I embrace solitude
Square dances are a good way of getting to know women while keeping your options open.
I was just told artists should be catching bullets to save the real men.
I stripped my life down to its bare essential.
Trying to be naive and not intellectual gives you the better product.
Nothing focuses the mind better than a portage through the woods followed by a bear.
I picked up the habit of drinking when I was young
Awaiting Germany's next move 
I can never keep straight who is fighting whom overseas
The realism in a photograph brings you only part of the way.
Tweeting from the Shack is hard work. Takes time away from my painting. If you enjoy this stream, please RT. Means a lot to me.