Harvey Caldwell. Sculptor. Woodcarver. West Arlington, Nova Scotia. Active late 20th century.

Harvey Caldwell was a well know wood carver in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. He was first collected by Chris Huntington who donated a work by Mr. Caldwell to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in 1994. (A carved and painted Leopard and a painted carving of an eagle and a rabbit; both dated 1989.)

Arthur Bennett. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Nova Scotia. Active mid 20th century.

From a carved and painted stage coach of wood,metal, horsehair and cotton (c.1950). In the collection of the Art Gallery of nova Scotia. No other information is available.

Andrew Melanson. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Nova Scotia. Active mid 20th century.

Andrew Melanson made painted wood sculptures. An example seen is a carving of a black and white cat playing a fiddle attributed to him. It is unsigned. There is no other information as yet about this artist.

Wilf Bent. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Nova Scotia. Active mid 20th century.

Seen: A pair of carved naive Oxen heads in full paint and mounted on a shaped panel. Signed and dated 1981.

Ref: The Collectivator website.

Ercell (E.G.) Nickerson. Sculptor. Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. Decoy carver. Active mid-20th Century.

He was a decoy carver and also made smaller ornamental carvings of Canada Geese and other waterfowl. His work often bears a label on the base with the name and town or Province. They are very well painted and carved with metal legs and feet.  Most are from the 1950’s-1960’s. (There is some evidence of other family members also involved in the carving.)

Two Geese by Ercell (E. G.) Nickerson:

Ercell (E G) Nickerson. Two Carved Geese.

An example of the Nickerson mark:

E. G. Nickerson Mark.

Another Mark:

Ercell (E G) Nickerson. Mark.