Richard Jack became Canada’s first official war artist in 1916 when he accepted a commission to paint for the Canadian War Records office. To the present, many of his war paintings are hung in the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian War Museum. A year before he died, in 1951, he painted this piece, Fisherman’s Huts, Rockport. This is a 20 x 24 oil on board signed on the reverse. Known for portraiture along with Canadian landscapes, you can see a windswept day where details of a fisherman are seen while he’s tidying or surveying the land. The fisherman is dressed in bright blue jeans and a light brown Greek fisherman's cap. A singular cloud is in the light blue sky, with the trees settling into the swaying motion that's captured with the brush delicately. Below, we see a north-facing view of the front of a hut made of board and steel roofing, adorned with red and white buoys, with a side building, potentially an outhouse or storage. The ground is plain, with rocks shaded in burnt umber, adding earthy depth to a built-up settlement. To the left of the focused building, we see other storage, bigger for possible materials needed or work boats. This piece evokes the feeling of plein air or the act of savouring the small moments in the day. The summer glow is apparent in this piece, with the green trees bound to the sky and vegetation feeling welcome beside the huts. The touches of realism and romanticism bring an impressionist sensibility to rural Canadian life.