Traditional Nova Scotian Paintings
We are all for experimental art but this is about "fine" or "finished" art.
Posted by Quinn on March 5, 2010 at 11:36pm
Posted by Rodney Chesley Mackay on March 3, 2010 at 10:21pm
Some paintings require three days. This one took three years. It was started in 2007 while Rod and Ruth were still resident in Lunenburg. The railway wharf seen above could be seen from Rod's Pelham Street residence and remembers the transition of the icebreaker Montmorency into a modernized fishing craft renamed the Lady Janet. It also recalls the advent of Hurricane Noel which broke her mooring lines. Fortunately the…
ContinuePosted by Rodney Chesley Mackay on February 19, 2010 at 2:43pm
By the time of the big storm which is threatening in Rod's painting, the Lady Janet had been repainted in dark blue but I stuck with the coast guard colours so that the ship would dominate the painting. 24x36" on canvas. Photograph is somewhat lighter than the actual painting. Will have to send it back to Photoshop! The swell in the storm caused spary to beat on our windows and flow under the patio doors. This house was 80…
ContinuePosted by Rodney Chesley Mackay on February 19, 2010 at 2:30pm
Posted by Rodney Chesley Mackay on February 14, 2010 at 5:59pm
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