One of Canada’s most famous artists, Tom Thomson

Largely self-taught, Tom Thomson painted nature spontaneously combining his skills as a graphic artist with a bold sense of colour to produce simple but powerful compositions. This work is typical of Thomson’s intimate scenes of wilderness. Painted on the spot on a small wooden panel of approximately 8 x 10 inches it reveals the artist’s immediate impressions. Thomson’s technique of gestural brushwork, spontaneity and thick full stabs of his brush make this small sketch of the northern wilderness a Canadian masterpiece.