June Sunset - Lighthouse Point, Pugwash, NS

8x10 print (11x14 matted) included single mat with backing & cello sleeve. Signed.
 June Sunset – Pugwash Lighthouse – January 2022
   The Pugwash lighthouse was originally built in the 1870’s, in the ‘church house’ design.  The first lighthouse keeper was Rufus F Bent. The lighthouse’s red light was reported to be seen from at least 12 miles offshore.  The new ‘skeleton’ lighthouse was built in 1960.  For more info on Nova Scotia lighthouses, check out lighthousefriends.com or read, E.H.Rip Irwin’s, Lighthouses & Lights of Nova Scotia.
   During their fifth grade, Oxford Elementary school mates, B. Calder and S. Whalen each broke an arm. (Ice and monkey bars were involved) 40 years later, S. Whalen is a respected professional photographer living in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.  His photos of the Pugwash Lighthouse inspired his old school mate to once again dabble in painting.  Thank you, S. Whalen, for inspiring me!
   B Calder began professionally painting in 2021, after being forced to retire due to a disability called Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN). She has been a cottager on the Northumberland Strait for over 50 years and dreams of one day making it her permanent home.