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 Oderin


This beautiful print features the beautiful Oderin located in Placentia Bay.

 Suppertime


Here is the last child to return home for a good meal after a long day of sliding.

 Party Time


An excited child puts aside her sled to bring her neighbours gifts on a cold winter night.

 Round Harbour:: Spring Thaw

 

 Springtime Pleasures


Part of the latest Exploits series "A Walk Through Time", this piece shows the people of Exploits out enjoying a beautiful day, carrying out chores, or just socializing with friends.

 Drying The Sails


Exploits, Newfoundland. In the calm that follows a storm, the crew of this boat are raising the sails again in hope that better weather will come. This print is on a canvas, a process called Giclee.

 Dawn


This piece is part of the latest Exploits series "A Last Look". A beautiful glow arises from the horizon as another day is beginning in Exploits.

 Exploits Harbour


A look back on Exploits Harbour reveals how it looked over 60 years ago.

 Bar Haven


A peaceful glow falls on the small town of Bar Haven as the sun sets on a long summer day. The harbour is quiet as the fishermen join their families for supper.

 Kings Cove - 1910


A local man goes about his daily chores in the quaint town of Kings Cove.

 The Confederation Dream


This print is reflecting the crushed hopes and dreams that Confederation would bring a new life to the people of Newfoundland.

  Big Steady - Main Brook


The beautiful pristine Newfoundland outdoors. It feels as if you can walk right into the painting.

 Back Cove Evening


A typical Newfoundland evening, at Back Cove, near Roddickton, on the Great Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland.

 The Berry Picker


A berry picker observes the arrival of a schooner as it sails through Exploits Harbour, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland in the early 1900's. The appearance of a vessel was always a matter of great interest, since in this way, people, cargo and information came from the outside world.

 Evening In Durrel


The community of Durrell, on Twillingate Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland.

  The Hallowed Walls


The old abandoned schoolhouse at Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Can't you just sense the children from yesterday!

 Sunset On Milleys Point


A beautiful sunset over Milley's Point, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. REPRODUCED ON CANVAS.

  Squall At Surgeons Cove


Surgeon's Cove Head juts out of the Bay of Exploits, Newfoundland. For many years its lighthouse has served as a guiding beacon. Large ships crossing the ocean, as well as countless small local fishing vessels, often struggling in storms at sea, have welcomed its flashing light.

 One For Supper


A common feast for Newfoundlanders.

 Reflections


Nipper's Habour, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland. Long ago resettled, this man revisits his old dwelling. Everyone knows that change is inevitable. Looking back at old memories is like seeing yourself in a new, yet familiar way.

 Mug Up Time


Every Newfoundlander drools over this delicious camping treat.

 Waiting For Sunrise


The vessels at dockside in the harbour of old historic St. John's, are awaiting sunrise, so they can once again return to the sea, to engage in the Newfoundland fishery, once world renown.

 Winsors Rooms


This little harbour is located in Exploits, Newfoundland. The rooms in the title refers to little sheds that fishermen had on the docks for doing their work in.

 Mission Of Mercy


Irelands Eye, Newfoundland. In 1970, only three families still inhabited Ireland's Eye. One night, a young baby got seriously ill. While his mother holds him close for warmth and reassurance, the men row feverishly to get the infant to the closest hospital, which is in Trinity. They got him there safely and saved his life but on the way home, the men got lost in the stormy waters and all drowned.

 Lower Harbour 1890


Exploits, Newfoundland. This little harbour is hidden away in the crooks and crannies of the Newfoundland shoreline.

 End Of An Era


Exploits, Newfoundland. This is the Manuels house in 1972. It does not exist anymore. The house once stood proud, surrounded by a beautiful estate. Now, like much of Exploits, it lies in the dreams of yesterday. You can see what the house looked like in the early 1900's by viewing the painting "The Manuels House".

 Evening Stroll


Exploits, Newfoundland. Passing by the Winsors residence and the United Church, an elderly man enjoys the peace of a summer's evening.

 Evening In The Valley


There have been many evenings where the sky has lit up in beautiful colors and the clouds pick up colors uncharacteristic of them.

 After The Rain


Brigus, Newfoundland. A mother and her daughter take a walk to enjoy the fresh feeling of nature after a rain shower.

  Passing It On


After decades of knitting, this old woman passes her knowledge on to her young granddaughter.

 Hallowed Walls


This piece is part of the Exploits series "A Last Look". The old abandoned schoolhouse at Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Can't you just sense the children from yesterday!

  Silver Fox Island


Silver Fox Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, as it was in the mid 1940's, before resettlement.

 Autumn In Jacksons Arm


The vibrant colours of nature's palette, as seen only in Newfoundland.

  Brigus


Brigus, Newfoundland. Typical of most Newfoundland outports.

 Calvert


Calvert, Newfoundland. This scene can be seen at any dock around the coast of Newfoundland.

 Christmas Eve


As Christmas Eve would have been at Exploits Islands, Newfoundland around 1910.

 Croque


Croque, Newfoundland. A fishing community.

 Daisies At Dusk


Dusk at King's Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland.

 Laceys Hill


The area under Lacey's Hill, in front of the old Methodist Church, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, around 1920.

 Manuels Premises


Looking over the Manuel's business premises, Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. The first bridge (drawbridge, erected in the 1870's) is shown in the foreground. Late 1800's.

 Resettlement - Leaving Home


The bags are packed, the windows are boarded up, and he is just waiting to be picked up and carried away from the only home he has ever known. A typical scene throughout outport Newfoundland during the days of resettlement.

 Government Tree


The tree that overlooked Exploits for generations, and bore the marks of many young lovers, disappeared the winter that the residents were resettled from the island. Did government resettle it too; or did it die of loneliness?

 Sliding On Laceys Hill


"When a young boy, I had many a spill; while riding my coaster down Lacey's Hill". These words were penned in a poem by James Winsor, postmaster and resident of Exploits Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland.

 Splitting The Catch


A familiar scene to anybody who grew up in Newfoundland. The smell! The cods heads! The sound bones! The tall tales being told! The cod tongues to take home for supper!

 Springtime In Petty Harbour


Beautiful Newfoundland wild flowers surrounding Petty Harbour, only 15 km. by road, South of the historic City of St. John's, Newfoundland.

 Burin


 

 Front Garden



 Herring Neck



 Evensong Salvage


The sun sets with all its beauty over Salvage, Newfoundland.

 Round Harbour


Round Harbour, Green Bay, Newfoundland; a 'typical Newfoundland fishing community'.

 Trinity Bay Morning


Early morning in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. It's going to be a great day to haul the nets.

 Trouty


The community of Trouty, on the western side of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.

 Valley Pond


Valley Pond (formerly Whales Gulch), is a fishing community on the western side of New World Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland.

 At The Wharf


St. John's, Newfoundland. This scene is from the St. John's Harbour, in the marina by Fort Amherst. These are the classic boats of Newfoundland. Every fisherman has owned one of these. However, you will see less of them at a dock today then you would have seen over 40 years ago.

 Woody Point


The community of Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, with the spectacular Gros Morne Mountains in the background.

 Water Street - Woody Point


The community's main road always went around the shoreline, and was usually named Water Street. This one is in Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland.

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