Height 23.0 cm x Width 30.0 cm
Two graphite sketches done on a single piece of paper. On the recto is the sketch entitled 'Pine Tree'. It depicts a sparse pine tree in the mid ground with uneven ground in the bottom 1/4 of the sketch and an empty background, giving the appearance that the pine tree is situated on a hill or cliff. On the verso is the sketch 'Georgian Bay' which depicts an uneven rough ground in the bottom 1/2 of the sketch with a group of pine trees in the mid ground with a moody, cloudy sky above.
A.Y. Jackson often sought subjects in land tilled and untamed, from the farms of the Saint Lawrence Valley to the rocky outcrops of Georgian Bay and the peaks of the Rockies. Jackson, especially, had a wanderer's heart, as these drawings, ranging from 1927 to the late 1940s, attest: views of the rolling hills of the Charlevoix are joined by quickly-sketched, annotated images of the rougher climes of Northern Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and even the eastern Arctic.
