But inspiration was also nearer at hand: Beacon Hill Park, the subject of many Carr paintings. Success for her was a complex, spiritual matter; the business of melding art and godliness was an unending quest. “Nothing ever, ever stands still,” she wrote, “and we never, never catch up.”It doesn’t take long to find wilderness on Vancouver Island. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“There’s a torn and splintered ridge across the stumps I call the ‘screamers,’ Carr wrote. “You will lose coverage,” our waitress told us later that night in the hotel’s restaurant when we described our plans.

Source: New York Times October 02, 2017 09:00 UTC