On Maud and her neighbours... the inmates, and funerals..and signs...and golf. :)

"The painting "Maud's Funeral, Inmates Return" is purely fictional on my part. I apologize in advance for upsetting the factualists out there. But paintings come from the nether world of dreams as much as the harsh cold light of reality. And so this one conforms to the former. The premise that a band of poor, destitute, mentally ill, physically neglected men, marginalized by the modernist steam roller, would organize and pay their respects to a female folk painter buried in a child's coffin, eight years or so after their primary residence was closed down, and after they were probably dispersed to other institutions, certainly didn't happen - at least not to my knowledge."

"However, these men did have voices, and like actors in a play they vicariously convey something about their own condition and the memory of a woman with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, who painted simple bucolic scenes of Nova Scotian hills and ports, tulips and bluebirds, and cars stopped in the road by oxen. It was the least they could do, after all Maud Lewis graced their world when there might not have been a lot to celebrate. Maud was their next door neighbour, a rural legend in the making. Her paintings were the talk of the region. Some may have even hung in their house - a poor house gallery that upon closure probably supplied a lot of wall board for Maud to continue painting until her death." - Steven Rhude

http://srhude.blogspot.ca/2018/03/mauds-funeralinmates-return-in-progress.html

Rugs at Harvest Gallery

If you are looking to purchase a rug..I have some available at Harvest Gallery....happy shopping. :)
http://www.harvestgallery.ca/searchresults.php?artistId=6830&start=1

Judy..post AGNS gift shop.

The latest.

Check out Steven Rhude's latest painting and my latest hookings on Maud and the poor house..please and thank you.

http://srhude.blogspot.ca/

The Poor House

You know Maud and Ev's house, small, colourful..like something out of a fairy tale. Well...Maud And Ev lived next door to the Marshalltown Poor House....fairy tales always have a dark side.

Steven Rhude and I aren't quite ready to let Maud go...
#Maud

Women's Movement

It was quite a year for the women's movement with the march and #metoo. I was curious to know if rug hookers were engaged and whether the topic was showing up in their work..and the answer is.. YES. They are indeed using their voices, and they don't need a pattern to tell them what to say...bravo. #WomensMarch #metoo #nopatterns
 
Susan Brown, Patti Colen, Cathy Cosens, Susan L Feller, Laura Kenney, Joy Laking, Karen Larsen, Rachelle Leblanc, Penny Lighthall, Susan Sutherland, Joan Wray.

Cathy Cosens

Laura Kenney

Laura Kenney

Penny Lighthall

Rachelle Leblanc

Joan Wray

Joy Laking

Karen Larsen

Karen Larsen

Patti Colen

Patti Colen

Patti Colen

Penny Lighthall

Penny Lighthall

Susan Brown

Susan Brown

Susan Brown

Susan L Feller

Susan L Feller

Susan Sutherland

Susan Brown

Women's March

Thanks Truro Daily News.

https://www.trurodaily.com/living/truro-artist-marking-anniversary-of-the-womens-march-173869/

Happy New Year

Judy was disappointed to learn that the scale had found out about the shortbread, the date squares, the cheesecake, the apple pie, the mashed potatoes, the stuffing and the white wine.
Happy New Year.

Women's march and #me too.

Rug hookers..if you are interested in hooking a rug related to the women's march and/or the #metoo movement...can you email me..thanks! 

I thought it would be cool to have an online show of rugs on the anniversary of the march..Jan 21...not a lot of time..but I think hookers are up to the challenge.
Please send me an image of your rug by Jan 19th/2018 and will post on my fb page and website.
Lkenneyrugs@gmail.com

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Have a lovely Christmas and will chat in the New Year.
:)

Demo at Designer Craft Show

I'll be demonstrating rug hooking at the Designer Craft Show this Sat. 11-1pm at the Cunard Centre in Halifax..drop by and say howdy.

Maud continues to fascinate.

Here is some brilliant writing by my friend Steven Rhude...we aren't done with Maud quite yet.

https://srhude.blogspot.ca/2017/11/valuing-maud-beyond-maudie.html

Judy.

Judy had learned how to deal with a world turned upside down.