A painting By Nova Scotia folk artist Maude Lewis that was discovered in an Ontario Thrift Shop as sold for 45-thousand-dollars at auction. The painting, titled Portrait of Eddie Barnes and Ed Murphy, Lobster Fisherman, Bay View, Nova Scotia was sold for nearly three times it’s appraised value. The painting was discovered in a bin at a thrift shop in New Hamburg, Ontario in March. Lewis lived much of her life in poverty in her one room house in Digby, suffering from severe arthritis and selling her artwork for just dollars a painting. She would achieve world wide recognition for her work only after her death in 1970.
Category: Amherst
National Park Reservations in NS Filling Quickly for Summer
If your planning a stay at one of the province’s national parks this summer you may want to make those reservations sooner rather than later. With national parks free for the season as part of the Canada’s 150th celebration – reservation spots at many of Nova Scotia’s parks are filling up quickly. Cape Breton Highlands and Kejimkujik National Parks both officially opened for the season on Friday. Keji opened with campground sites for the weekend at 97 percent occupancy.