This week I’m on the
road. I’ve left you with six landscape paintings that should be on everyone’s
Top Ten list, but probably aren’t (for the simple reason that there are way too
many great paintings out there).
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| Beamsville, 1919, Frank Johnston |
Landscape painting and war art are closely tied. In 1919,
Frank Johnston (later a Canadian Group of Seven painter) did this aerial view
of a training exercise over Beamsville, Ontario, which is between St.
Catharines and Hamilton.
Johnston spent five days painting at the School of Aerial
Fighting at Beamsville. Having flown into Buffalo many times, I know
that the aerial view here is exactly what Johnston painted. How did he do that
when flight was so rare, and cameras were so slow? I imagine he went up in the
air in one of those Sopwith Camels and sketched, but I don’t really know for
sure.
Join me in October, 2013 at Lakewatch Manor—which is selling out fast—or let me know if you’re interested in painting with me in 2014. Click here for more information on my Maine workshops!
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