Jack Mahaney. Sculptor. Wood Carver. Carbonear, Newfoundland. Active 3rd quarter 20th c.

Jack Mahaney was a maker of whirigigs.

Hubert Osmond. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Cape-Ray, Newfoundland. Active late 20th century.

Hubert Osmond was know for making sculptures in his yard with ‘as found’ materials as well as for making dory models.

Sister Ann Ameen. Fabric artist. Rug Hooker. Shearstown, Newfoundland. Active Mid to late 20th century.

Sister Ann Ameen made hooked rugs as a fund raiser and also as a way to spread her faith. Sister Ameen was originally a ‘showgirl’ who, after surviving cancer, returned to her native Newfoundland and opened a mission to work with troubled young women.  I am giving a reference here to an article on Ann Ameen and the art of rug hooking. Very much worth a read. Ref:https://ornamentum.ca/textile-artists-embrace-a-cultural-icon/

Many of her hooked rugs showed religious characters and sayings. She worked up to the end of her life and became very well known. An example is shown below.

I have given two other references below. The second one is an excellent and well illustrated article on the Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland.

Hooked Mat by Sister Ann Ameen. Shearstown, Nfld:

Sister Ann Ameen. Huuked Rug. Shearstown, Newfoundland.

Ref: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17994/21957

Ref: http://rhgnl.ca/about/history/

Ned Humby. Sculptor. Summerville, Newfoundland. Active 1920’s.

Ned Humby made art for his yard. He painted his work and used ‘as found’ materials. He is cited in Gratton’s Flight of Fancy, 1983.*

Ref: P. Grattan. Flight of Fancy, Newfoundland Yard Art. St. Johns, Newfoundland. Memorial University Art Gallery. 1983.

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

Thomas Hudson. Painter. Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Active 20th century.

Thomas Hudson was a painter of naive works in ‘as found’ oil colours. He painted primitive land and seascapes in primary colours. He is cited in Grattan’s Folk Images ’77.*

*Ref: P. Grattan. Folk Images ’77. St. Johns, Newfoundland. Memorial University Art Gallery. 1977.

Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).

 Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).