Frank Korkum. Sculptor. Pleasantville,Nova Scotia.  Active mid 20th century.

Frank Korkum makes naive painted carvings of animals and people. His carvings are very distinctive – Frank Korkum has a fondness for hats. He has been carving for 40 years and he always signs his work.

Carving of A Dog by Frank Korkum:

Frank Korkum. Dog and Hat.

Frank Korkum with two carvings:

Frank Korkum. Pleasant River Nova Scotia.

Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Barry Colpitts. Sculptor. East Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia. Active 1980’s-.

Barry Colpitts’ works are a unique vision in Nova Scotia and Canadian folk art.  His impressions are startling and quite wonderful. All of his work seems to ask questions and then smile or laugh at the answers. What can we say about his black-haired bathing beauty with her birds?

He has been collected by the Nova Scotia Art Bank and is in the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. He has received government grants to work on pieces of his choosing.

He is a flat-plane carver and his pallet is the brightest possible maritime primary colors. He is collected internationally and people travel a very long way to sit by him and see his work.

A link to Barry Colpitt’s work and the Nova Scotia Festival dates for 2016:

http://nsfolkartfestival.com/include/barry_colpitts.htm

A Rooster by Barry Colpitts:

Barry Colpitts. East Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia. Rooster.

And his Bathing Beauty with Birds:

Barry Colpitts. East Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia. Bathing Beauty’

Women’s Faces by Barry Colpitts:

Barry Colpitts. East Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia. Two Women.

Roy (Roosevelt) Penny. Sculptor. Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Active late 20th century. The last name may be spelled ‘Penney’.

Roy Penny was one of the Cape Sable artists. He carved and painted decoys and made other ornamental carvings of birds; particularly water birds. All in paint.

An example of his work with a mark:

Roy Penny. Woodcarver. Southside Nova Scotia. Ornamental Duck carving.

Roy Penny. His mark.

Bob Chivers. Sculptor. Port Mouton, Nova Scotia. Active mid to end of 20th century.

Bob Chivers was a sculptor, bird watcher and folk artist. He was active in promoting the Lunenburg Folk Art Festival; often buying works at the Festival auctions and donating them to museums. He made many painted carvings; mainly of the birds of Nova Scotia but other areas as well.  An afternoon with Bob Chivers, over tea, and talk of birds, art and his experiences with both, was never forgotten.

Mr. Chivers and a couple of friends. He is on the right:

Bob Chivers with the Bouthilier Brothers. 1980’s.

A group of artists and Chris Huntington:

Chivers-auction. Crowther and Brayley. Sept. 2008.

A sample of his carvings from the Crowther and Braley sale of his estate (2008):

Bob Chivers. Some carvings.

(Pictures: Crowther and Braley Ltd. Auctioneers.)

Fred Trask. Painter. Digby, Nova Scotia. Active since the 1970’s.

Fred Trask almost always paints a story. He paints on ‘as found’ materials and surfaces and objects with acrylic paint. His work is naive, primitive and quite sophisticated. He often paints rooms, rooms with tongue and groove flooring and walls  and windows with a view. He signs his work on the front and the back and uses a red stamp with his name and mark.

A sample of his work. From the 1990’s.  His Father’s Barber shop. In this painting everything is tongue and grooved and there are two bright blue windows; someone is leaning in and listening to the story:

Fred Trask. His Father’s Barber Shop. Acrylic on panel.

Fred Trask. The stamp and signature used by him:

Fred Trask. His mark.