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Helen and Lucy
Yarmouth's Window to the Past |
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Helen and Lucy
Yarmouth's Window to the Past |
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little house resting upon the rocky shores of the Pembroke beach. Surrounded
by fields of tall grass swaying in the wind, no one would think that anyone
lives here. And certainly no one would
imagine what went on under the caving roof of this
little house. But inside, there lived two women both with a phenomenal
artistic talent. The two women were Helen Weld and Lucy Jarvis and this
little house is the place where they created the paintings they are so
well known for.
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These two artistically inclined women always
had friends come over to visit, play music or pose while they painted.
The collection of their work, currently traveling across Nova Scotia, is
filled with scenes of Pembroke and the neighboring areas as well as pictures
of curious little children who had gotten tired of their farming chores
so after wandering across the pastures, ended up at Helen and Lucy's posing
for a portrait.
What a better way to capture the beauty of an area as desolate as Pembroke than to capture its every day scenes on canvas. This July, stop by Yarmouth's local theatre, Th'Yarc, where a collection of their artwork will be on display for public viewing. This rustic bay window, which overlooks the velvety green undergrowth of the Pembroke countryside, is where many of their paintings came to life. The simplicity of their artwork is what makes this collection so special. Helen Weld still lives in the same quaint little house she shared with her longtime friend Lucy Jarvis. |
After
Lucy's death in 1983, she's been living alone with just her dog and visiting
friends to keep her company. The fields surrounding her are no longer
farmed, but used as spacious playgrounds, and those that play
there are the children and grandchildren of the farmers captured
on the canvases of Helen Weld and Lucy Jarvis.
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Research: Aimee Cushing
Construction: GrassRoutes
