She continued to paint during the final years of her life, expressing her concern at deforestation. Here are some of her most radical works.
Canada
Sculptural form first in the totems of First Nations peoples, then deep in the forest of British Columbia, and seascapes of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Following her flop in 1913, she painted seldom, but started travelling and painting again in the late 1920s. By 1930 she had established and international reputation.
In the summer of 1912 she travelled north to paint First Nations peoples, and returned to exhibit 200 of her paintings in Vancouver in 1913.
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, she started painting First Nations totems in 1907, and decided to document them on the NW coast.
The winter saw two of his finest and most important paintings, The Jack Pine and The West Wind – both painted in the studio. But he still painted outdoors as much as he could.
After a winter working on decorative panels, he had another successful and productive season painting outdoors in Algonquin Park.
More superb paintings from his most productive year, 1915, including wild flowers, different approaches to autumn, and a snowstorm.
In a very prolific year, he made a view finished paintings on canvas, but the great majority were plein air oil sketches, of which some of the best are shown here.
The first in a series of articles commemorating the centenary of his death. His oil sketches are simply brilliant.
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