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.

Bradford Naugler. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Painter. Camperdown, Nova Scotia. Active 1980’s – .

Bradford has been carving naive impressions of people and animals since the 1980’s. He was one of the first artists in the Lunenburg Folk Art Festival in 1988. His works are wildly and brightly painted and always signed. he is one of four Naugler artists from the same family near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He appeared with his brothers Ransford and Leo in the 1993 film “Folk Art Found Me”.

Bradford Naugler at the Lunenburg Festival:

Bradford Naugler In his Studio

The Checker Players. An applied relief carving:

Bradford Naugler relief carving.

Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

With thanks for the Images to FolkArtMaritime.