Inland Lake, Georgian Bay, 1932

Gift of the Artist Hugh M. Douglas Private Collection, Toronto

"Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Sir Frederick Banting", Hart House, University of Toronto, 13 February-1 March 1943 as "Inland Lake" "Our Visual Heritage", WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, 3-26 August 2000

After winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1923, Sir Frederick Banting was able to devote time to his love of painting and over the years went on many sketching trips with A.Y. Jackson. He thoroughly enjoyed these outdoor painting experiences, including the visits to the Group of Seven haunt, Georgian Bay. Painted in hues of orange, green, blue and gray, Frederick Banting’s "Inland Lake, Georgian Bay" depicts the beauty of rugged northern Ontario. The normally rough waters of Georgian Bay appear calm and reflective of the surrounding trees and landscape. The orange-tinted sky assumes the beginning - or end - of the day. The arched pine tree in the foreground combines with the smaller trees on the left to form almost a keyhole for the viewer to peer into the beauty of this natural landscape.