Folk & Outsider Art

Christmas with Maud Lewis

By: Lance Woolaver (CA)

Maud Lewis has become one of Canada’s favourite folk artists, and her buoyant winter pictures of nature, pets, farm animals, and people at work and play are among her most… Read More

Maud Lewis

By: Sarah Milroy (CA)

From black cats to iconic snowscapes, Maud Lewis paints our waking dreams. One of Canada’s most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis was famous in her lifetime for her brightly coloured… Read More

Maud Lewis stayed close to home: the rugged coastlines and gentle valleys of Nova Scotia’s southwest knew—but they provided ample material for her joyful creative spirit. Now revered as Canada’s foremost folk… Read More

Painted House of Maud Lewis

By: Laurie Hamilton (CA)

For many years, Maud Lewis was one of Nova Scotia’s best-loved folk painters. In the 1990s she was embraced by the rest of the country when the landmark exhibition of… Read More

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for this project, as well as the Province of New Brunswick’s Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture, the Province of Newfoundland’s Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, and Recreation, the Province of Nova Scotia’s Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage, and the Province of Prince Edward Island’s Innovation PEI Arts, Culture, and Heritage Department