Group of ten trees blc and along left side, under trees there is a cart, in mid-distance there is a house, behing the house hills slope up to the bottom of a mountainous range.“This sketch belongs to a small group of ambiguous pencil drawings ranging in date from early English works to late Canadia…
Group of ten trees blc and along left side, under trees there is a cart, in mid-distance there is a house, behing the house hills slope up to the bottom of a mountainous range.“This sketch belongs to a small group of ambiguous pencil drawings ranging in date from early English works to late Canadian examples. The atmosphere is invariably one o mystery, misty (as in this), or foggy, or shadowy, and the subjects lend themselves to several interpretations.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Placed in the center of the drawing paper is the portrait of a man. The man is wearing a suit and a tie. The portrait is from the chest area up. This subject has a pleasant face and is looking slightly to the left side of the image, with his head turned a bit to the right. His tie and suit jacke…
Placed in the center of the drawing paper is the portrait of a man. The man is wearing a suit and a tie. The portrait is from the chest area up. This subject has a pleasant face and is looking slightly to the left side of the image, with his head turned a bit to the right. His tie and suit jacket are shaded with diagonal lines.
Colour: pencil on white. Bare branched trees lean to the right from the left side over a rocky ground. Bushes are behind at left on a short horizon line appears right of enter.
Colour: pencil on white. Bare branched trees lean to the right from the left side over a rocky ground. Bushes are behind at left on a short horizon line appears right of enter.
Pencil drawing on paper folded horizontally across the centre. Below the fold crease is a scene of forest animals sitting in a row and a human male figure standing in the middle of them. From Left to right the animals are squirrel, moose, fox, human, bear, rabbit and squirrel. The human appears to …
Pencil drawing on paper folded horizontally across the centre. Below the fold crease is a scene of forest animals sitting in a row and a human male figure standing in the middle of them. From Left to right the animals are squirrel, moose, fox, human, bear, rabbit and squirrel. The human appears to be holding something up to his face, with the other hand holding a long tendril like object. Above the crease are two indistinguishable shapes.