MOUNTAIN LIFE - Blue Mountains | Fall 2017

72 ML BLUE FALL 2017 that as well—certain plein-air pieces of his look like he worked on them back in the studio. But others look so immediate, you can see it was likely a pure field study. There are certainly no rules.” In this no-rules world, the wilderness plays a tangible role in the execution of each painting—both today and when Thomson was working. The innate unpredictability of weather surely influenced Thomson’s search for scenes in the Park and on Georgian Bay. “Thomson was in a canoe, not a motor boat,” says Peycha. “Some of the spots where he painted, I would say he probably stopped there because of the weather. In plein-air, the elements dictate where you go and what you do.” The Untamed Things artists: Mark Berens, Lonny Doherty, Jonathan Houghton, Paul Mantrop, David Marshak, Paul Nabuurs, Andrew Peycha, Rob Saley, Peter Taylor, Marten Visser, Bryan Wall. untamedthings.com ABOVE David Marshak, Old Cedars, Old Baldy.