I have to thank Sue and Jim Waddington for having such a great session tonight. I've always been inspired by the paintings of group seven. Since '60s and '70s Sue and Jim have spent most of their vacation time following the footsteps of the group of seven, finding the sites where the artists painted. So we can follow them through their trips into the wilderness, revisit the sites where the artists got their inspirations.
A. Y. Jackson: When I'm making a sketch, I try to emphasize the things I want and ignore ... But what you always strive for is an
intensification of
nature. ...
When I go camping, enjoying the beauty of the great Canadian outdoors, I do make my version of intensified nature which I think is somewhat reflection of intensification of myself. That is one of the reasons why I love it so much.
Web links FYI:
http://www.groupofseven.ca
http://www.willisville.ca
http://www.nfb.ca/film/canadian_landscape
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118326498207902
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