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The same year, Jackson and Banting went on their first sketching excursion together. They traveled to St-Jean Port Jolie, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. There, Banting received his first instruction in plien air landscape painting technique from Jackson. He had a natural aptitude, and his works were accepted at juried exhibitions, but he was always afraid that his work had been accepted because of his reputation as a scientist, rather than it’s own merit. After a time, he no longer submitted works for exhibition. He was also reluctant to sell his paintings. He had ingenious way of supporting the artists of his acquaintance. When a collector indicated a wish to purchase one of his paintings, he instructed them to purchase a work from another local artist, and he would then exchange it for one of his own works. In July of 1927, Banting traveled with Jackson to the Arctic. On a trip lasting 2 and a half months, they encountered a variety of weather and light conditions in the Arctic landscape. They returned with many sketches. The one Jackson painted of Bache Post was donated to the National Gallery of Canada by the Minister of the Interior. Over the years Banting accompanied Jackson on many sketching trips. At different times, they returned to the North shore of the St. Lawrence, traveled to the Great Slave Lake area, and visited the Group of Seven haunt, Georgian Bay. At times they were joined by other artists. Banting thoroughly enjoyed the outdoor painting experience. He invented a system for getting his completed sketches home, without spoiling them, while they were still wet. He placed match sticks between the panels as spacers, a trick that A.Y. Jackson continued to use for the rest of his career. Jackson spoke of Banting’s great determination and hard work on these sketching trips, often getting up to sketch long before breakfast. When the Second World War began, he began to devote himself exclusively to medical research, serving as a medical liaison officer between the British and North American medical services. On meeting Jackson one day, he expressed his desire, when the war was over, to |
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