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|  | | The Father of Canadian Art
Thomas Mower Martin immigrated to Canada in 1862 from his birthplace in the Inner Temple on the Thames, London, England. A year later he set himself up as an artist in Toronto, Ontario and painted full time for 70 years until his death at 96 in 1934.
Martin was a painter in oils of portraits, landscapes and wildlife, he also worked in watercolours. He was a passionate gardener, art teacher, an etcher, writer and speaker and travelled from east to west coasts in Canada, in the US he visited the Maine coast, Washington, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle. He was one of the earliest (1887-1910) Canadian Pacific Railway artist travellers in the 1880's. He painted glorious pictures of the Rocky mountains in BC/Alberta, Canada and scattered pocketsful of seeds from his own Toronto garden as he tramped through the mountains in search of g | |  | | Women Who Lived and Loved North of 60
Experiences shared by 36 adventuresome women who went to the arctic for work or adventure or accompany their beloved man.
The Arctic has many people spellbound. Few visit, let alone live there, but delight in reading about it. This is a collection of short stories written by 36 women who went there for adventure, a job or because their husband or finance was being transferred. Some went for a short time others spent most of their life there.
They each had some difficulty in coping but their determination to make it work, their love for their family and of the land and friends they made helped them overcome the troubles, they embraced the life their, brought a warmth and gentleness to the otherwise h |
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