Murray Gallant. Sculptor. Woodcarver. New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Active 1980’s – .
Murray Gallant makes painted carvings of the human condition. From ladies in polka dotted dresses to naked man playing the fiddle he sees what he thinks and then he carves it. He has been active from the early 1980’s and was showing at the Lunenburg Folk Art Festival when it first began. Murray Gallant is widely collected – from The Beaverbrooke Gallery – to private collections across North America.
Murray Gallant’s ladies:
Murray Gallant’s Ladies.
The Fiddler:
Murray Gallant. The Fiddler.
Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
With thanks for the Images to FolkArtMaritime.
