Clyde Edwards. Sculptor. Decoy carver. Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia. Active mid 20th century.

Clyde Edwards was a decoy carver. His work included ducks, plovers and also seagulls.

Ref: Richard Field. Spirit of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax. 1985.

Ref: Guyette, Decoys of Maritime Canada.(1983).

Ref: Gerald Ferguson, Decoy carvers of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 1984.

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

Melbourne Doucette. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Nova Scotia. Active 1970’s.

Melbourne Doucette is a woodcarver and a maker of whirligigs. He is cited in the files of  the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies.

Ref: Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

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

William Devine. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Active mid 20th century.

William Devine was a naive artist. He made relief carvings of animals and fish as well as religious themes. He was the brother of Clayton Devine.

Ref: Canadian Antiques and Art Review. 1981.

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

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

Washington Crowell. Sculptor. Decoy Carver. Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Active 1920’s.

Washington Crowell was a decoy carver.

Ref: Gerald Ferguson, Decoy carvers of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 1984.

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

Eli Croft. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Camperdown, Nova Scotia. Active early 20th century.

Eli Croft made naive carvings of people, birds and animals. He also made carved crooked knives and furniture occasionally using ‘as found’ materials. Eli Croft was cited in ‘From the Heart’ (1983).

Ref: The Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. From The Heart: Folk Art in Canada. McClelland and Stewart, Toronto. 1983.

Ref: Marie Elwood. Folk Art of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax. 1976.

Ref: Richard Field. Spirit of Nova Scotia. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax. 1985.

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