Down by the water with Canadian Impressionist William Blair Bruce. Living from 1859 to 1906, he studied in France and painted in pearly hues that remind me of pictures of the Arctic summer and salt flats in Bolivia.

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“Lake Ontario.” 1886. Collection of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. In the public domain due to age. via https://en.wahooart.com/@@/AQRMRX-William-Blair-Bruce-Lake-Ontario
"Afterglow." No date.
“Afterglow.” No date. Image © 2020 BEVERLY A MITCHELL. Fair use license. via https://www.beverlyamitchell.com/afterglow-by-william-blair-bruce/
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“Printemps, Grèz (Seine-et-Marne).” 1880s. Signed W. Blair Bruce. Image © 2008-2020 Bukowski Auktioner AB. Fair use license. via https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/621/421-william-blair-bruce-printemps-grez-seine-et-marne
"The Stora Sjöfallet Waterfall, Lappland, Solar Eclipse August 9, 1896.
“The Stora Sjöfallet Waterfall, Lappland, Solar Eclipse August 9, 1896.” ca. 1896. Image © Uno Langmann Ltd, Vancouver. Fair use license. via https://www.langmann.com/paintings/william-blair-bruce-the-great-lake-waterfall

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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