Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
Hugh Alexander. Painter. Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Active 1970- .
Hugh Alexander was a farmer in Saskatchewan. He painted naive scenes of life as a prairie farmer.
Ref: D. Thauberger. Grassroots Saskatchewan. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery. 1976.
Ref:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999)
Ref:Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985)
Mary Ann Adelaide. Painter. Rose Bay, Nova Scotia. Active mid 20th century.
Mary Adelaide was a maker of naive oil paintings. She is cited in ‘Folk Art of Nova Scotia’. 1976.
Ref: Marie Elwood. Folk Art of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax. 1976.
Ref:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).
Edward Adam (Adams) Painter. Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Active 1880-1900.
Edward Adam was a naive painter of ship portraits in oil. He painted classic views of sailing ships as well as ships in stormy weather. (One of his paintings is illustrated in the Armour book.)
Ref: C. A. Armour and T. Lackey, Sailing Ships of the Maritimes. McGraw Hill, Toronto. 1975.
ef:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999)
Alain Vachon. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Painter. Chertsy, Quebec. Active late 20th century -.
Alain Vachon uses wood, metal and any kind of ‘as found’ material to make highly inventive and imaginative sculptures of birds, animals and people. His work is at times touching and inspiring. He colours his sculptures where appropriate and signs his work. M. Vachon also paints. His paintings are full of movement and energy and are essentially finger paintings. They are done with acrylic on wood panels.
A sculpture of a Turkey by Alain Vachon. (Metal, saw blades,wood,nails,old pliers and more):
http://alainvachon.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dindefondblanc-016.jpg
And The Violinist by Alain Vachon, (Metal, Nails, Wire and Plastic:
http://alainvachon.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Violonneux-002.jpg
A painting by Alain Vachon. Beauty’s Restaurant. Acrylic on Wood panel:
http://alainvachon.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/toile-Beautys-2001.jpeg
Rejean Tanguay. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Pointe Lebel, Quebec. Active 1995- .
Rejean Tanguay works with ‘as found’ Materials -drift wood, moose and deer antlers and stone. He makes carvings and sculptures of animals of the area. He rarely uses colours, letting the wood tones and grains speak for themselves. He signs his work.
Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And: Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.
