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My mentor & friend: Dale Chisman 1943-2008

 

 

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Wonderful Memories!

"Many of you have seen my Bios/Resumes/Statements where I refer to my Grandfather, the Canadian artist. Well I received a delightful phone call and email from a cousin back home when I sent her a Christmas card with this image on it, of a painting I did when I was 12 years old. It is still in my collection.

She sent me this image of a painting in her collection that she inherited, by our Grandfather! I cannot recall ever seeing it before! How wonderful!

I'm sure you've heard me say that "he used to set me up beside him when he was painting, and tell me to 'paint what you see'; the best advice I ever got!" Well this must be the painting he did when I did mine above. He had a home right on Lake Ontario in Mimico, near Toronto. I remember painting beside him on that day! I do remember asking for advice; I wasn't sure I should paint a cloud purple. He said: "What colour do you see?" I said "Purple". He said: "So paint what you see!" And that is how the clouds became purple! I don't believe I got any other help from him, if you know what I mean. It was not my nature to let him paint on my painting! But this is wonderful to see them together. Thanks Robin.

Here is our dear "Poppy"! John Hamm.

 

This was the days before pochade boxes! Notice how he nailed some old sticks together to make it work. He used to take groups of painters to Gloucester MA to paint back in the ~1930's and I have an old 16mm film (also on a videocassette) that he took on one of those trips. Those of you who paint there now would see some differences! But some things don't change; he was sitting out in a hayfield somewhere in Ontario like we do now!"



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