MAGICAL PEOPLE IN A MAGICAL PLACE – The Emily Dahl Foundation

MAGICAL PEOPLE IN A MAGICAL PLACE

Top Left - "I THINK I'M IN LOVE" - Garry Thompson Personal Collection
Top Right - The Immense Boreal Forest - Northern Saskatchewan - February 12, 2022
Left Center - Sherman Dahl and Garry Thompson, Missinipe, Northern Saskatchewan, February 13, 2022
Left Bottom - Bob and Tim Termuende with Ted Ohlsen Diamond Willow Chains, Flin Flon, February 14, 2022
Right Center - Will Penner and Ted Ohlsen, Ted's Diamond Willow Carvings, Flin Flon, February 14, 2022
Northern Saskatchewan is a special place. 

On Valentine's Day a few of us had the pleasure to be in Northern Saskatchewan where we were able to have back-to-back visits with two very well-known Saskatchewan Outfitters, that are also amazing artists. 

They both have had successful business careers and continue to bring smiles to faces to those that are lucky enough to visit with them. 

They both have incredible story's that cover many years.  

Garry has been working his magic in the Missinipe area and Ohlsen in the Flin Flon area.  

Both will tell you that nature produces new or nobler feelings in the more sensitive wanderers into her domain. The sunset's peace, the dawn's promise of hope, and the pleasure of beauty's presence are always worthwhile and should fill us with gratitude.

Both these men remind us at The Emily Dahl Foundation to look steadily at Nature's own artwork for a while--be it mountain, valley, or moving waves--with growing deep feeling until the self is forgotten. 

Garry and Ted have lived their lives with a focus on helping others - and they continue to give paintings and carvings to anyone that appreciates a cup of coffee and a few good jokes.  

Everyone leaves happier than when they arrived, that is guaranteed. 

Sherman Dahl,
The Emily Dahl Foundation