by taswann | Mar 21, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
On Monday night we visited with a Brownie group in the Bloor West Village neighborhood. We had such a great time introducing the group to the life and career of iconic Canadian painter, Tom Thomson. The group learned about his short but prolific career and each of the...
by taswann | Mar 6, 2018 | Adult Classes, Previous Posts
Join us on Thursday, March 8th at 7:30 at The Cat Pub and Eatery, 3513 Dundas Street West to create a painting like the one above. We will start with an introduction of Canadian artist, Tom Thomson and take a look at some of his art and then it will be your turn to...
by taswann | Jan 17, 2018 | Previous Posts, Projects
“Take everything as it comes; the wave passes, deal with the next one.” – Tom Thomson Yesterday we spent a lovely afternoon with the students at Blessed Sacrament in our Group of Seven art group learning about the Canadian artist, Tom Thomson....
by taswann | May 31, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
Recently Art in Action was invited to a private event to celebrate Mother’s day. We lead the guests through two projects, the first was inspired by the Canadian painter, Tom Thomson. We used chalk and oil pastels, watercolours and acrylic paints to create our...
by taswann | Jan 24, 2017 | Previous Posts, Projects
Tom Thomson was born August 5th, 1877 in Claremont Ontario. He was the sixth of ten children. Although he was always interested in the arts, he did not devote his career to painting until he was 30. In 1904, while working as a draftsman he met members of the Group of...
