Wilfred R. Dalzell. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint John, New Brunswick. Active mid 20th century.

Wilfred Dalzell made delicate painted carvings of birds; often seagulls and Canada Geese. Many had open wings and were mounted in pairs on pieces of drift wood. His carvings were always painted and some tend to be very fragile. They  were always signed with a gummed label.

From information supplied by a family member (his grand-niece): “he would collect pieces of drift-wood during walks and for wings he used bentwood from the corners of produce baskets. The legs are painted paper clips. Wlifred,Dalzell grew up on Grand Manan Island where his father was the keeper of Shadowtail Lighthouse. It is not difficult to see why he chose gulls on rocks as his subject matter.”*                     

(There were possibly other carvers in the same family.)

A Wilfred Dalzell Seagull and his label:

Wilfred R. Dalzell. Sculptor. Saint John New Brunswick. Seagull. 550

Wilfred R. Dalzell. Woodcarver. Saint John New Brunswick. His mark.

*My thanks to his grand-niece for her kind emails.

Armand Lafleur. Sculptor. Woodcarver. New Brunswick. Active mid 20th century.

Maker of painted wood carvings, mainly figural. An example that I have seen is a painted wood carving of an Inuit hunter. It was signed and dated ‘1972’. Another example is similar but unsigned. There is no other information as yet for dates and locations.

Below are two examples of his work. The first unsigned:

Inuit carving. Armand Lafleur. New Brunswick. Unsigned. 1960’s.

Image compliments of Adrian Tinline.

Another example. Signed and dated 1972:

Carving of an Inuit by Armand Lafleur. New Brunswick.

Ref: the Collectivator Website.

S. E. March. Painter. New Brunswick (?). Active late 20th century.

The Signature S. E March has been found on naive, primitive oil paintings. One of them  a hunting scene on the Mirimichi River, N. B. (written by the artist in the 1990’s) suggests a New Brunswick location; at least for inspiration as the Miramachi was a popular hunting and fishing attraction for tourists. There is no other information yet as to times or area. The paintings are strong and whimsical.

Ref: the Collectivator Website.

Ben Stiles. Sculptor. Wood carver. Moncton, New Brunswick. Active mid 20th Century.

Ben Stiles was a carver of people and animals. His people were from everyday life and situations and they were full of expression and color. He carved in Pine wood and painted his carvings with high gloss ‘as found’ oil colors.

A Couple at the Mall? Two wood carvings by Ben Stiles (C.1970): (In a Private Collection):

Two Carved Figures. Ben Stiles. Sculptor. Moncton, New Brunswick.

The Happy Couple (1970’s):

Ben Stiles. Sculptor. Moncton New Brunswick. Carving of a very happy couple. 1970’s.

Ref: Image used with thanks to the Folk Art Maritime site.

Lincoln Harvey. Sculptor. Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Active mid to late 20th century.

The Harvey family lived on Grand Manan from 1850 on. They  were keepers of the light house at the Gannet Rock and the Machias Sea Island light. Lincoln Harvey was a carver of decoys as well as life-like and life-sized ornamental carvings of every kind of water-fowl and shore bird. He also made wonderfully detailed carvings of fish. He lived and worked on Grand Manan Island. While his decoy numbers were not large, perhaps as many as 100, his hunting decoys are famous for their beauty. He always signed and dated his work on the base. Some examples of his work are shown below.

A Puffin by Lincoln Harvey:

Lincoln Harvey. Carving of a Puffin.

A carving of a Salmon by Lincoln Harvey:

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. Salmon.

Lincon Harvey. His mark:

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. His mark.

The Sea Gull by Lincoln Harvey:

Lincoln Harvey. Grand Manan Island, N.B. Sea Gull.