single pine over the Memel river

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Comment by Tony Robinson on January 10, 2014 at 1:06

Thanks for the links. How TT carried his gear is a mystery. Those early canoes weren't very stable - shift your weight and everything goes under. These days we have only to contend with getting our gear on board a plane without incurring an excess luggage fee or having our paint tubes confiscated.

Comment by Nikolai Kraneis on January 7, 2014 at 9:44

Tony, thank you for the link (The Jack Pine). Yes I know the Group of Seven. I bought this book: The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Now I found this: FootstepsGroup7

I often asked myself, how Tom T. stored and carried all his oil sketches, that were painted with thick paint. He travelled there a lot only with his canoe. 

Comment by Tony Robinson on January 6, 2014 at 23:38

You perhaps already know of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, but you may be interested in this link. Thomson sometimes used a similar compositional device which was adopted by several others in the Canadian group. Tom Thompson Looking for the link, I came across this short video on the restoration of his painting 'The Jack Pine' which is interesting in itself (I think so!) and has good close-ups of the painting.

Comment by Nikolai Kraneis on January 6, 2014 at 10:49

:-)

Comment by Tony Robinson on January 6, 2014 at 10:14

Powerful design, Nikolai.