End of Fishing Season, Brigus NL
24" x 30", Oil on canvas
End of fishing season gear management: The capelin catch was plentiful. These fishermen are rinsing off their valuable nets and getting them ready for storage. This scene is in Brigus Newfoundland where traditional fishing methods live on.
Plum on North Street, Brigus, Oil on canvas, 24" x 48"
Built in the early 1800s, Brookside was purchased by Captain Samuel Bartlett circa 1875. This charming duplex-style home, made of ship’s wood, has been in the Bartlett family for five generations.
Kent Cottage at Landfall, Brigus, Oil on canvas, 36” x 36"
Kent Cottage was constructed around 1786 for the Pomeroy family who owned the small Georgian-style home for many years but finally abandoned it and used it as a barn. Visit: landfalltrustnl.org
This fenced, weathered shed in Brigus Newfoundland has so much character I was inspired to capture it in the bright light and colours of surrounding setting.
SOLD – Hawthorne Cottage,
Oil on canvas, 40” x 30”
Hawthorne Cottage was the Brigus home of Captain Robert Bartlett. His international fame came after he commanded the Roosevelt for Admiral Peary’s North Pole expeditions as well as the Karluk in Steffanson’s Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-14).
