Saturday night and art thoughts

Tom Thomson 

sketch

from a Wikipedia photo

Marker on journal paper

5 x 8 inches

Barbara Muir © 2023

(Unfortunately some of the marks from the

other journal page come through,
but I still like the drawing.)

It's our movie night (at home on the TV), and there's a very happy 
birthday party happening next door. Today was packed with going to
the market, and then shopping. And we just returned from a beautiful

late evening walk.

I found this sketch of Tom Thomson, one of Canada's most famous
painters, and felt like showing it to you again. Thomson was an 
amazing landscape painter.

Here's what I wrote on a former blog. 

"One of my Canadian art heroes is Tom Thomson. When I visit the
Art Gallery of Ontario, I never miss sitting in the room full of Tom
Thomson's work.  He was a fabulous landscape artist. Sadly he died
at 39 years old by drowning.  There is still all sorts of speculation
about how he -- a very accomplished canoeist -- drowned, and hints
of murder, or suicide, but nothing has ever been proven. He died in 1917."

His work continues to thrill visitors to galleries that display his work,
and artists like me, who appreciate his profound love of nature.

Have a loving your life day.