Ernest (Ernie) Myers. Sculptor. Moncton, New Brunswick.Active third quarter of the 29th century.
Ernie Myers’ themes were Rabbits, cast in human situations. Often with carrots. Just about every sculpture that Mr. Myers made involved a rabbit or rabbits. And they were very good indeed. He worked with ‘as found’ materials and colours and usually signed his work on the base.
A very fine story about Ernie Meers; and also about Folk Art; and all the artists:
An old friend of mine, Louis Gosselin was from the Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick. His childhood hero was fellow Acadian, and neighbor, Yvon Durelle, the world famous boxer: the ‘Fighting Fisherman’. Louis Gosselin was a friend of Ernie Myers and a collector of his work (and a lot of other fabulous folk art!). He asked Mr. Myers one day if he would make him a carving of that famous fight between Archie Moore and Yvon Durelle, his childhood hero. This is what Ernie Myers brought him:
Ernie Myers. Dieppe New Brunswick. The Match.
Another example of Ernie Myers’ work. The Tricycle Rabbit:
Ernie Myers. Dieppe New Brunswick. Tricycle Rabbit.
The mark of Ernie Myers:
Ernest Myers. Sculptor. Moncton, N.B. His mark.
