I have fallen in love with painting at Group of Seven locations. It started out as one or two but now that I am searching them out I decided to organize my results in a blog starting with two summers ago.
It all started in October 2017. Every year my son and his friends plan a fall canoe trip to a location where I want to paint and in 2017 it was OSA Lake in Kilarney. Shortly after we got back Jim and Sue Waddington (In The Footsteps of The Group of Seven) posted an image of a painting by A. Y. Jackson on Facebook and they asked if anyone knew where it had been painted. I did because I had unknowingly painted the same scene from the same location as Jackson. I was thrilled. My painting is very different from his but I now felt a personal connection to Jackson and his art.
It all started in October 2017. Every year my son and his friends plan a fall canoe trip to a location where I want to paint and in 2017 it was OSA Lake in Kilarney. Shortly after we got back Jim and Sue Waddington (In The Footsteps of The Group of Seven) posted an image of a painting by A. Y. Jackson on Facebook and they asked if anyone knew where it had been painted. I did because I had unknowingly painted the same scene from the same location as Jackson. I was thrilled. My painting is very different from his but I now felt a personal connection to Jackson and his art.
 | The image to the left is A. Y. Jackson's "Trout Lake" and the one on the right is mine. I'm sorry about the red line but I don't have permission to post the image of his painting. My painting isn't one of my best but what a thrill. |  |
I became hooked on painting where members of the group painted. The next fall trip was planned for Grace and Nellie Lakes and I had some research and planning to do.
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