Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
C. L. Brewin. Sculptor. Wood carver. Peterborough area. Active mid to late 19th century.
C. L. Brewin made painted carvings of animals, often in situations. He signed and dated his work and usually numbered them.
‘The Standoff’ bt C. L. Brewin:
C. L. Brewin. Standoff.
C. L. Brewin. His Mark:
C. L. Brewin. Standoff. His mark.
Jim Tracy. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Falmouth, Nova Scotia. Active late 20th century – .
Jim Tracy is a sculptor who works with ‘as found’ materials. He makes naive carvings of people, fish and animals with great imagination and colour. He is a regular participant in the Lunenburg Folk Art Festival.
A School of Mackerel by Jim Tracy:
Jim Tracy. A School of Mackerel.
Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
James Jamieson. Sculptor. Painter. Woodcarver. Middleport, Ontario. Active 1960’s – .
James Jamieson a naive painter and carver of birds and animals as well as relief carved wall plaques.
Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).
Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Walter Humphries. Painter. Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Active mid 1970’s – .
Walter Humphries, originally from Ontario, settled in Yellow Knife where he makes pictures using a variety of media including pen and ink, watercolours, oil and acrylics. His pictures are naive and portray daily life in the Northwest Territories. He writes a weekly column and has prospected as well.
A website giving an interesting overview of Walte Humphries’ work and career:
https://edgenorth.ca/article/1500-walts-yk-a-history-in-pictures
John Hummel. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Maryhill, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.
John Hummel made painted carvings of animals and birds. He was known for his carvings of bird trees. He was collected and shown in the Canadian Museum of Civilization show ‘This Other Eden’. (A link to the Museum site is given below.) John Hummel is also cited in “A Splendid Harvest” 1981.*
*Ref: Bird and Kobayashi. A Splendid Harvest. Toronto, Van Nostrand Reinholdt. 1981.
Ref: Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization. CCFCS
Ref: A link to the Canadian Museum site and This Other Eden’s Canadian Folk Art Outdoors:
http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/eden/edout01e.shtml
