The Fearlessness of Thomson

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Being from the prairie I have a healthy fear of forests it is fine if they wish to tonsure a lake but full surround is a whole other matter I wonder if this was also true of city pals Tom took to his home it is hard to look nature full in the eye while looking always over your shoulder Which is not to say that Tom was braver only the frightened have need of courage for Tom there was nothing to stay his hand and no veil of fear between love and stroke Go to any gallery, brave deep any painting and see if you can feel the way that he saw

Poplar Point, Rock, Sun, Tom Thomson, 1916
On display at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound, Ontario as part of Tom Thomson: The Art of Authentication | July 30 – October 15, 2022

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