Looking at Fundy Houses

Every year, Deanne Fitzpatrick and I do one or two  art days and they vary each time.  Once, we took an encaustic workshop on Nova Scotia's south shore. Another year, we did a weekend of painting and eating near Pugwash. We've also gone to special exhibits, and artist's studios for inspiration and artistic exchanges

One day we visited  a nun who carves large abstract pieces. Her studio was a dusty marvel of poignant sculpture that spoke volumes. Large circular statements were connected with enormous metal chains ... and were beautiful!

I had met the nun at her art installation at a university nearby and she invited me to come to her studio. On the day we went to her place in an idylic New Brunswick village by a meandering  river, our stay ended with tea in the ?? nunnery? Is that what we call it?  I had never been to such a place, but its austerity reminded me of Amish homes I'd visited when we lived in Pennsylvania.

This year we decided to go to the Fundy coast between Parrsboro and Advocate.  We'd visit Krista Wells, an artist friend in Dilligent River, then go for  a meal at the Wild Caraway in Advocate. We'd talk art with Krista about art and technology, then  focus on photography.










This is a  shore I visit frequently. It's a shore I love.  Our first dog was named Fundy. The sea is amazing and I've photographed it frequently.  I decided, on this trip, to look at the structures, the architecture, the details of things built to contain and serve the humanity and animals who inhabit it.
It's a place to love, to document, to keep in my heart in the special category of " return to as often as you can"