Carl Barbour. Painter. Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Active 1970’s – .

Carl Barbour was a naive painter. He used acrylic paints to paint scenes of his childhood.

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

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

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

Eric Bridle. Sculptor. Wood carver. Red Bay, Labrador. Active let 20th century-.

Eric Bridle – model maker. His mark is seen on a naive painted carving of a boat model with cotton sails. Signed on the base: ‘Eric Bridle. Red Bay. ’99’.

A model of a Dory by Eric Bridle:

Eric Bridle. Red Bay, Labrador. Dory model.

The mark:

The mark. Eric Bridle.

Clyde Farnell. Sculptor. Painter. Cornerbrook, Newfoundland. Active mid-late 20th century.

Clyde Farnell was known for his paintings and constructions; often using Popsicle sticks and other ‘as found’ materials. Shown below is a painting of a battleship framed in part with painted sticks. (1970’s). He rarely signed his work. But his crowning achievement was the interior of his house. Referred to locally as “The Sticks and Stones House” he spent the last 25 years of his life decorating it using tiny stones and Popsicle sticks-thousands and thousands of them – as well as every kind of “as found’ object – from bottle tops to car grills. (He bought the Popsicle sticks from the neighborhood children.) He created patterns every where in the house and made three dimensional scenes that covered the walls. When Clyde Farnell passed away the local authorities declared his house a Museum.

Clyde Farnell. Painting of a battleship:

Clyde Farnell. Cornervrook, Newfoundland. Painting of a battleship.

A link to a site that features Clyde Farnell’s Sticks and Stones House/Museum:

http://www.bongoboy.com/travels/stix/index1.htm

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

Albert Norman. Sculptor. Wood carver. Port Union, Newfoundland. Active 1970’s.

Albert Norman became known for his decorated yard. He filled it with sculptures of animals, people and models of local buildings; often using ‘as found’ materials and clours.

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

Martin Barter. Sculptor. Painter. Mainland, port au Port Peninsula, Newfoundland. Active late 20th century.

A primitive artist and a maker of assemblies using ‘as found’ materials that he fills his yard and surrounds his house with. A ‘yard artist’. I have no information yet about his times.