Kaspar Gallery, Toronto
Galerie d’Art Michel Bigue, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, QC
Private Collection, Montreal
Literature
A.Y. Jackson, “The Life of a Landscape Painter”, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2009, page 200
In the early 1950’s A.Y. Jackson was getting ready to leave the Studio Building, as Lawren Harris had decided to sell, and Jackson would not get along with the new owner. In 1955, Jackson bought land in Manotick, Ontario and started to build a house and studio. The Group at this time had basically disbanded, but Jackson continued in his quintessential painting style. As Wayne Larson describes, “Not only was he the most prolific, but his sketches and canvases remained firmly rooted in the old Group of Seven style long after his colleagues had moved into other things-and demand for his work continued to soar.”
During these years, Jackson still made regular sketching trips to Georgian Bay. In “Georgian Bay Landscape”, Jackson uses his characteristic thick broad brushstrokes to depict the rugged landscape of the area. The large swirling cloud formation dominates the composition however, with focus being further drawn to it by the grouping of trees pointing upward. Thanks to Dr. James MacCallum, who invited Jackson and other members of the Group in their early years to his property at Go Home Bay, this area would remain a favourite sketching destination.
