Statue of Snorri Thorfinnsson in Iceland. He is reputed in Viking lore to be the first child of European descent born in the Americas, between 1004 and 1013, somewhere in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland or the northeastern United States.
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Canoe Art: Paintings, Sketches, Sculpture, Architecture
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Statue of Snorri Thorfinnsson in Iceland. He is reputed in Viking lore to be the first child of European descent born in the Americas, between 1004 and 1013, somewhere in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland or the northeastern United States.
I always like to see this on my way out to n/w Ontario. The voyageur statue in Mattice, Ontario. Missinaibi river in the background.
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Was just thinking of Bingham's Fur Traders- have always loved that.
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An eight foot long Old Town display canoe from 1924 and a half size reproduction of a Passamaquoddy paddle from 1849 seem to go well together.
Benson
Benson
Cast Into Mystery wood engraving by Wesley Bates
Little aluminum canoe used as a planter.
Silo art by the school kids.
These look similar to the pictogram used by the Canadian Canoe Museum as their logo. The link below has more details.
Benson
The Canadian Canoe Museum visits original pictogram site of their logo
Jessica Bolduc, Executive Director of the emerging 4Rs Youth Movement, joined us at the Museum’s Strategic Planning Retreat last fall and asked under “what authority” we were using a likeness […]
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When is a pack basket and w/c canoe art? When it's displayed as décor in a hip pizza place in a nice little town.
Took my wife out on a date night for her birthday, and amongst the eclectic antiques scattered around this eccentric space I noticed ...
My shaky hand on my phone is down to human error, nothing else.
Maybe next time we're in there on a date night I'll ask if any of their "decor" is for sale.
Happy Birthday baby, here's to many more.
Took my wife out on a date night for her birthday, and amongst the eclectic antiques scattered around this eccentric space I noticed ...
My shaky hand on my phone is down to human error, nothing else.
Maybe next time we're in there on a date night I'll ask if any of their "decor" is for sale.
Happy Birthday baby, here's to many more.
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My wife and I went to downtown Rockland last evening for the first Friday art walk, a fun time, wine, hors d’oeuvres, nice art and conversation. A friend of ours did this watercolor, it’s hanging in the gallery now.
Apologies for the ghostly reflection from the glass.
Jim
Apologies for the ghostly reflection from the glass.
Jim
My favorite old Old Town catalogue front. I would love this on a T-shirt. 
"Canadian Rockies" (Lake Louise, Alberta), painted by Albert Bierstadt in 1889. Currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
"During his travels in the American and Canadian West, Bierstadt made oil sketches such as this one, which he used, back in his New York studio, for reference in concocting the huge, carefully detailed panoramic scenes that brought him critical acclaim during the 1860s and 1870s. . . . Bierstadt’s sketches were themselves valued as fresh, direct records of the places he had visited."
"During his travels in the American and Canadian West, Bierstadt made oil sketches such as this one, which he used, back in his New York studio, for reference in concocting the huge, carefully detailed panoramic scenes that brought him critical acclaim during the 1860s and 1870s. . . . Bierstadt’s sketches were themselves valued as fresh, direct records of the places he had visited."
See figure 5 (b) from The Double-Curve Motive in Northeastern Algonkian Art (Ottowa, 1914) at the link and the image below for more information about the symbol on the end of this canoe.
Benson
wellcomecollection.org
Benson
The double-curve motive in northeastern Algonkian art / by Frank G. Speck.
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I can supply a high resolution scan if you want to arrange with a T-shirt shop to make some. I may also be interested in buying one.
Benson
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I might be a buyer for that shirt also.
Jim
Jim
Please do! It may be relatively economical to make a low-quantity run of 20 or 30, I'll see what's available or achievable.
If you are assessing interest, I’d buy a couple.
"In his work as an artist, Bill depicted the wilderness as benign, beautiful and precious, and he offered an alternative to the perception of nature as something to be feared, conquered and exploited."
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From The Archives: Celebrating Bill Mason’s Work As A Wilderness Artist
Few people can match the influence of artist and filmmaker Bill Mason in shaping the Canadian identity. His films, produced at the National Film Board of Canada, have introduced generations of students to Canada’s wilderness and the concept of environmental stewardship. In his work as an artist...
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When I bought this fire ring from Cabelas I didn’t think I was buying canoe art, but I guess I was.
