Walter Avis. Sculptor. Toronto, Ontario. Active 1910.

Walter Avis was a decoy carver.

Ref: Ralph and Patricia Price. ‘Twas Ever Thus. Toronto. M.F. Feheley. 1979.

 Ref: Bernie Gates. Ontario Decoys ll . The UpperCanadian. 1986.

Billy Andrews. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Bradford, Ontario. Active 1970’s- .

Billy Andrews worked as a hired hand on farms and made naive carvings of farm animals and birds. He paints his carvings and sometimes signs them in script. His carvings are in private collections and museums.

Ref:  Twas Ever Thus, Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Price Collection of Folk Art. Toronto. 1979.

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

Floyd Allen. Painter. Kingston, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.

Floyd Allen was a painter of marine views and landscapes.

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

Frank Conway. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Toronto, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.

Frank ConwayFrank Conway made carved and painted wooden panels portraying scenes of early pioneer life in Ontario. His work has been collected by the Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto.

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

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

George Alles. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Gadshill Station, Perth County, Ontario. Active 1910.

George Alles was a maker of naive carvings in wood. He also made weather vanes.

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