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Betty Fox, myself, my sister Brenda, and Rolly Fox,
Centerville Firehall, Sept. 18, 2010
"Terry Fox Run, South-West Nova Scotia, 2010"
I was asked to carve a tribute to Terry Fox so that it could be presented to his parents when they come to host the 30th run in our community. I felt honoured to be given the opportunity to contribute to the event. The presentation was made at the Centerville Fire Hall, Sept. 18, 2010, when they came to host our local Terry Fox run. They are very gracious people, bravely carrying on the dream Terry began many years ago. Money for Cancer research is now being raised world wide, thanks to their continued efforts.
He is carved in pine and is shown running across a map of Sou-West Nova. The base symbolizes his run across Canada.
The figure is finished in artist acrylics.
The base is light coloured maple and the map is cut from smoked maple.
the figure height is ~ 9 inches
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"A painting for you."
A tribute to Maud Lewis.
She was a Nova Scotia folk artist who was known for her simple, joyful paintings despite the fact that she endured hard life.
I carved a larger tribute quite a few years ago, in a folk art style,
and I helped Stephen Outhouse get a likeness in his large carvings of Maud and Everet. I have
revisited her in this likeness because I wanted to do a more realistic portrait.
height ~ 8 inches
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Sydney Mahaney, Shelburne Dory Builder.
This carving of Sydney
is on permanent display at the Dory Shop Museum in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
It was carved at the Museum one summer
and a fund raising theme of name plaques was used to pay for the work.
The spoke shave he holds in his hands is a real one. I just added smaller handles.
He wears a nova Scotia tartan shirt that was given to him by the museum.
The cardigan sweater involved some detail work.
The carving is about 3 feet tall.
Basil Blades
Basil helped develop fish processing and marketing in our area.
The carving shows him weighing fish on the wharf. The tub was lowered down to the waiting boat and fish pitched in. He helped bring about the use of a single prong pitch fork, that was used in the head of the fish so as not to damage the meat. It leans against the scale.
This tribute was commissioned and presented to him by The South-West Nova Fisherman's Association.
height ~ 2 feet
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