Landscape Artist of the Year Canada

To start with the positives I was a bit surprised at how many of the landscapes I liked in each episode. Next would be Sook-Yin Lee who I thought did a good job as the host and could have gotten even stronger if the series had continued.

The biggest issue for me would be the locations, Canada is a huge country but the four locations are all within a few hours of Toronto by car. But even this limitation didn't have to be the problem as there are all manner of locations that would have been more meaningful and interesting than the ones that were chosen. The Midland docks was the only exceptional location in episode 3.

The judges started off a bit stiff but I have to believe if the series had continued they would have grown into their roles and they certainly seemed knowledgeable.

I would have liked to see more than 6 artists per episode and it certainly looked like there were fewer wildcard artists that the 50 from the original series. The format of just 3 qualifying rounds and a final seemed to short to me but perhaps if the series had continued this might have been adjusted.