Thoreau Macdonald: Notebooks
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The work of Thoreau MacDonald in black and white line, which he has made very specially his own, has never been equalled, and will not be. Brought up in the midst of the Group of Seven, he of course did oil painting or water colour or used any convenient means of expression in any size. He made block prints, stencils, was a master of lettering and layout, designed(...)
Thoreau Macdonald: Notebooks
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The work of Thoreau MacDonald in black and white line, which he has made very specially his own, has never been equalled, and will not be. Brought up in the midst of the Group of Seven, he of course did oil painting or water colour or used any convenient means of expression in any size. He made block prints, stencils, was a master of lettering and layout, designed magazine covers, bookplates, and worked in many styles. But his great work was in small size and in that most difficult of mediums, black and white pen and brush drawing. In a way that seems simple and effortless he could express heat or cold, weather and the seasons, the growth of each kind of tree, the flowing of water, the movement or stillness of animals, the flight of hawks or owls, and the work of the men who cultivated the land. Living and working outdoors himself, he understood the things tools make - houses and barns, fences and wagons. He drew these things with inner knowledge, and with even more sharp under-standing he drew the wild animals watching the work of men from a little distance.
Literature and poetry