Trees, Laurentians

Roberts Gallery, Toronto Private Collection, Toronto

The Canadian painter, watercolourist and draughtsman Goodridge Roberts is best known for his landscapes of Quebec hills and fields. Using rapid brushstrokes and intense, warm colours, Roberts created a sense of vast space, always paying close attention to the relationship of forms. The artist had spent his summers painting in a number of different regions of Eastern Canada, including Georgian Bay, Outaouais, the Eastern Townships, Charlevoix, and in this instance, the Laurentians.