Fundy Study

I have started working on a new body of work

It began with an Articulation study week, where we explored the Bay of Fundy.
Here we are stopped for a roadside lunch

I have decided to explore all things red because it struck me as the dominant colour whereever we went around the coastline.
Fields of red-leafed low-bush blueberries.

The earth is red

The sea is red

I have started collecting red threads
It is a start....

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Deborah and Phil, our hosts of the Jonah Place Bed and Breakfast Inn we stayed at while based in Sussex, prepared a delicious evening meal for us one night.

Here is the 2010 group shot in the front room of the 1884 inn.

The low bush blueberry fields were starting to turn red.

A blueberry picking comb ReBecca's grandfather made.
We enjoyed lots of blueberry flavoured food wherever we travelled around the Bay of Fundy.

Fredericton - Bay of Fundy

While exploring the streets of Fredericton, we came across a group of legal graffiti artists decorating the side wall of a skate shop. The 1st 2 are local artists while the far 3 were commissioned from Montreal.

Graffiti art is becoming mainstream.
What will be next?

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Isaac's Way in Saint John has a picturesque display of shellfish and fish on ice.

And I gave his seafood chowder an 8 - no potatoes, it was served on a brown rice/wild rice mix. Delicious.

Icons of the Bay of Fundy found in St Martins.
Fishing boats resting on the sea floor when the tide is out.

Covered bridges, tidal rivers, vernacular architecture.
Saint Martins has it all.

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More local architecture - a Classic Revival/Gothic Revival mix of forms, possibly expanded as the family and fortune grew. With the front door a step from the road I don't think they use that door much.

When we arrived in Sussex a 'Take Back The Night' march was going on down Main Street.

So some of us joined in - a reminder of university days. It was fun but a bit sad that women feel they still need to march 35 years later.

We checked into the Jonah B 'n' B. Leann and I have a room up in the gables of a Victorian house, with a spa bath!

Fundy - Cape D'Or

Our visit to Cape D'Or has been the highlight of our trip so far.

It was so windy it was a challenge to stand steadily enough to take photographs.

Sketching was out of the question.

But what fun!

Bay of Fundy day 2

I am doing a study of the architecture as a story of the history of settlement by Europeans.
This seems to be a classic - an e.g. of the vernacular.

Lunch Stop - the sunny steps of a United Baptist church for a picnic.

According to my reference book, 'Houses of Nova Scotia' by Allen Penny, this is a 2 story in the Neo-Classical style - characteristics: symmetry, some degree of classical proportion, 'often a doorway with some reference to an ancient building' (in this case the Roman pediment in the triangular awning over the front door).

We continued around the Bay of Fundy, stopping in places to watch the tide going out.

Bay of Fundy - Joggins

This is our 1st view of the Bay of Fundy with its sediment filled red water.

We were on our way to the newest Canadian UNESCO World Heritage Site....

...Joggins Fossil Cliffs. They are pounded by 2 tides a day and are erroding rapidly. Our tour guide said there are new finds on the beach after every high tide.

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Joggins is where the first fish crawled onto the land. It was covered with huge palm trees, like present day horse tails. The image shows a fossilised palm tree being exposed. There are lots of interesting textures in the stone.

Bay of Fundy - Day 1

Nine Articulation members spent the day flying across Canada to Moncton on the east coast of Canada where we are spending a week doing research for our next body of work.

While we waited for out last member to arrive around midnight, we went for a meal in a nearby restaurant.
I have decided to taste test sea food chowders around the Bay of Fundy while I am here. This is my first taste. It was worth a 7/10. People here sure know their potatoes. What ever kind they used in this chowder was perfect.

Here we are BEFORE walking on the ocean floor. The after picture will follow.

Next morning we packed the 2 vans - one for the big bags and the other for day packs and the cooler with our picnic lunch.
And off we went heading for.....