Don Boudreau. Sculptor. Painter. Woodcarver. St. Bernards, Nova Scotia. Active late 20th Century.

Don Boudreau was a lumberjack and a woodworker until the mid-1970’s when he also became a wood carver and folk artist. He made life sized carvings of people and whirligigs and animals and birds. Don Boudreau had a fondness for making painted carvings of bathing beauties. He is well published (From the Heart) and is in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia as well as the Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec.

 

Ref:Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, A Life of Its Own (1997)

Ref:National Museum of Man, From the Heart Folk Art in Canada (1983)

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

Ref: Canadian Centre for Folklore Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Ref: Anne Sutherland and Zalman Amit. The Sutherland/Amit Collection. Smith Falls, Ont. 1994.

Collins Eisenhauer. Sculptor. Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Active mid 20th Century.

Collins Eisenhauer was a primitive artist. He began carving in 1964 after he retired. First with larger pieces that he put on his front lawn; painted wood carvings of Geese and water birds. And his impressions of people. After he was discovered (first by by Antiques pickers and dealers who were at first inclined to hide his real identity) and then, in the early 70’s, by the public), he began signing his carvings and his reputation spread. His work became topical and classical and attracted a great deal of attention.

Many of Collins Eisenhauer’s most interesting and strongest works are those inspired by classical themes; works such as Leda and the Swan and others inspired by society’s attitudes.

A Carving by Collins Eisenhauer:

 

 

His Mark:

 

 

A link to Collins Eisenhauer in Can. Mus. of Hist.: This Other Eden:

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/eden/edout00e.shtml

 

Ref: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, A Life of Its Own Chris Huntington and the Resurgence of Nova Scotia Folk Art (1997)

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

Ref: National Museum of Man, From the Heart Folk Art in Canada (1983)

Ref: Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival Society, A Joyous Vision – Contemporary Folk Art in Nova Scotia (1995)

Ref: Anne Sutherland and Zalman Amit. The Sutherland/Amit Collection. Smith Falls, Ont. 1994.

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

Joseph ‘Joe’ Winters. Sculptor. Painter. Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Active late 20th – century.

Began carving and painting while he was in the Canadian Navy. While he has made many larger pieces including Bears, Totem Poles and Cigar Store sculptures; he does smaller works now and has been collected throughout North America and in Europe. He is now partially retired; showing only at the Lunenburg Folk Art Festival.

Click this link for  the Gallery Entry for details about purchasing this work: http://lyleelderfolkart.com/gallery-artists/joe-winters/

 

A carving of a Rooster about town by Joe Winters:  

 

 

A link to an article about Joe Winters (Folk Art Maritime):

http://www.folkartmaritime.com/extra_mile/page_n24.htm

Hika Wagner. Painter. Weymouth, Nova Scotia. Active since the 1990’s.

Hika Wagner began painting in her teens. She worked with ‘as found’ materials and colors in the beginning and now paints on panels with acrylic colors. She is widely collected now for her charming and very sophisticated impressions of the world around her. Her paintings are full of movement and stories. As well as  Polka Dots and birds. Some of her work is shown below.

 

Hika Wagner. An earlier painting. An Owl in a Tree:

Hika Wagner. A painting of Life on the Farm:

 Neil Levy. Sculptor. Wood carver. Blandford, Nova Scotia. Active late 20th Century.

Neil levy made carvings of birds; especially sea gulls and ocean fish. He carved in Black Spruce and pine and painted all his work. He signed his sculptures on the base in script and often put ‘Blandford’, the date and his telephone number. Shown below is an Orca by Neil Levy. It is about 10 inches long and is signed, dated with the title ‘Killer Whale’ and ‘Blandford’ and a Seagull.

 

An Orca by Neil Levy (signed and dated 2002):

 

A Seagull by Neil Levy with the mark:

The Mark: