Thomas Rector. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Halfway River, Nova Scotia. Active 1980’s -.

Thomas made sculptures of people using ‘as found’ forked tree branches and colours. His people came in all sizes. He also made carvings of people and more occasionally animals. He signed his work.Thomas Rector’s people are in collections around North America. He showed his work at the Lunenburg Folk Art Festival.

An Early work by Thomas rector:

Thomas Rector. Early carving of a Man in Brown.

A Stick Man by Thomas Rector:

Thomas Rector. Tree Branch carving of a man.*

From a private collection.

Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.                                                                                          With thanks for the Images  to FolkArtMaritime.

Raymond Purcell. Painter. Model maker. Portugese Cove, Nova Scotia. Active Late 20th century.

Raymond Purcell was a fisherman. He made wooden models of lobster traps and boats and naive paintings.

Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Frank O’Brian. Painter. Nova Scotia. Active late 20th century.

Frank O’Brian is known for signed paintings  on Masonite of harbor and shore scenes. Little else is known about this artist. Any information about this artist would be welcome.

Maureen Newman. Painter. Nova Scotia. Active early 21st century – .

Maureen Newman is a painter of fine naive pictures of life in Nova Scotia in the early days. She shows her work at the Lunenburg Folk Art Festival.

An example of The Hay Wagon:

Maureen Newman. Haying.

Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.                                                                                           With thanks for the Images to FolkArtMaritime.

Leo Naugler. Camperdown, Nova Scotia. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Painter. Active 1980’s – .

Leo Naugler was encouraged to begin carving by his neighbor Eddie Mandaggio. He was the creator of the Helicopter featured on television and also was in the film “Folk Art Found Me”.  Leo, like more than a few Canadian folk artists (Quebec’s Leo Fournier comes to mind as well), had a body shop and was a welder. A skill he often used in his sculptures, turning scrap tools and car parts into works of art. He is collected in Canadian Meuseums including The Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. When he turned to painting he made some of the finest Maritime works.

An image of Leo Naugler’s Flying Fish Helicopter:

Leo Naugler’s Flying Fish Helicopter.

Leo Naugler at Lunenburg:

Leo Naugler at Lunenburg.

Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

With thanks for the Images  to FolkArtMaritime.