“Hockey beneath the Northern Lights, a bull moose in a field of wildflowers, waves crashing on a rugged shoreline: on the surface, Pretty’s Newfoundland is a microcosm of the broader country that Canadians—maritimers and mainlanders, alike - - know and love.
But delve a little deeper, and the folksy reminiscences and evocative paintings of this insightful artist reveal the charming quirks and delightful peculiarities born of a culture that blends old country grit with a new world sense of adventure. Life on the Island was never dull when you were “coping the pans”. “randying on a handcat” or “bally clamming” with your family and friends.”
