Tom Thomson - Great Canadian Painter

On Thursday evening, Neil and I met Janice and Jim for dinner at Earle's Resturant at 905 Smythe Street where we had very good service and the food was great.

Then the four of us walked down to Pacific Cinematique on Howe Street to see the documentary film "West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson" a film by Peter Raymont and Michèle Hozer/White Pine Pictures.

Neil has always loved the paintings of the Canadian Group of Seven, and in particular Tom Thomson.  The documentary tells the story of Tom Thomson's short life and his development into a great artist.  The scenery in Algonquin Park, especially that of Canoe Lake, north-west of Toronto is spectacular, but even more breathtaking when interpreted in Tom Thomson's art.

Here are some examples -

We had the opportunity to view Group of Seven paintings at the National Art Gallery in Ottawa many years ago, and those paintings are still engraved in my mind  http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=5427   They were so much bigger than I realized - stunning.