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Monday Mural Behind the Flatiron Building

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..created by Canadian artist Derek Michael Besant

The mural, “trompe l’oeil”, is on the back of the Gooderham Building or more commonly known as the Flatiron Building. It appears to be a canvas screwed onto the façade with the edges of the canvas fluttering in the wind.

The Gooderham Building, is located on the wedge shaped corner of Wellington East, Front, and Scott Streets and was built in 1891. It was owned by George Gooderham who owned numerous properties throughout the city, including the Gooderham Distillery. He was one of the richest men in Canada and yet was relatively unknown.

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Day 10 – Finding Relief and Exploring the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

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…thanks to Kevin for finding the pain medication that I needed for my sciatica

Sunday morning Kevin walked to the closest Shopper’s Drug Mart and with help from the Pharmacist found the Naproxen that I needed. While he was gone I researched what exercises I could do to ease my pain. I found some great YouTube videos and between the pills and the exercises I started to feel much better.

Later in the day I decided that I could handle the short walk to the art gallery. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is the largest art museum in Atlantic Canada and currently houses over 18 000 works of art.

The work of Maud Lewis and her iconic house that she lived in for 30 years are on permanent display here. The house is small but Maud painted every inch of wall space and every piece of furniture and every accessory with her famous folk art style.

Other Exhibits include GENERATIONS: THE SOBEY FAMILY AND CANADIAN ART and

DEANNE FITZPATRICK: THE VERY MENTION OF HOME

Here are a few of the paintings we particularly enjoyed.

We didn’t take in all the exhibits. The collection is housed in two buildings and taking in three of the shows was all I could handle.

Road Trip – Days 5

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….driving through Shediac, Cormierville and Bouctouche

It was another beautiful day for a road trip.

On our way to Bouctouche we stopped by a roadside shop that specialized in antiques and wood carvings. The owner lovingly explained how all the objects that we were looking at were carved from one block of wood by her very talented husband who had passed six years ago.

Charles Bernard had a very colourful history and apparently learned how to carve wood when he was serving time in the penitentiary. He lived in Bouctouche with his wife for 15 years where they ran the wood carving shop and antiques store.

He even carved his own coffin with his life story carved into the sides
All the books are carved from one block of wood
Even the tools on this bench are carved from wood

The shop is located right on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.

….to be cont

Thursday Trio – Sept. 14, 2023

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…To Bury the Truth

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A trio of paintings with a somber message. These pieces were done by an indigenous artist, Amber Smith Quail that I have had the privilege to get to know this past year. They are part of her show at WAAC called Nawemaa / to be related.

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