1998 -
Austin "Bud"
Gallivan
A member of
the Cape
Breton
Artists Association,
Bud
Gallivan has exhibited his work
for
twenty-five
years. He
considers
the upcoming
Festival "a great
thing,
but with
all the
artists in Cape
Breton,
especially
Sydney, it is
well time we had our
own major
Festival."
Born
July
18,
1930,
Bud, in his
words,
"grew
up, lived,
worked,
did it all
in the Pier." He
started
to
work at sixteen, having
left
school
early. He
eventually
became a
tower operator
at the
International Piers on
Dominion Street, where
he loaded coal onto the
boats.
He
retired
nine
years
ago,
after
forty years
working in
coal
transportation. He
is
married, has three sons
and
still
lives in Whitney
Pier.
Like
many
"Pier" artists. Bud is
self-taught. He
began
drawing
and
painting at a young age,
moving
from
oils to
watercolours, his
medium of
choice.
His wife,
Anna, says that Bud
is very hard
on himself. "He
believes if you're
satisfied,
you
won't keep working at it," she
says,
"but I
love it all."
Much
of
Bud's work
depicts
life in
Whitney Pier,
but he has
painted
many other
subjects. His
philosophy is, "If I
like it, I
paint it."
Those
who know Bud's work
are
glad he likes what he sees
in
the
"Pier". (Article
from "The
Cape
Bretoner", Summer
1998
edition)
1999 -
Alfred
Goduto
Alfred Goduto
(1920-1990), was
born in
Italy and
showed a talent
for
visual art as a
child. He
received
some formal art
instruction
while a
prisoner-of-war
in
Europe. Emigrating to Canada in
1952,
he and his wife
Bibiana
settled in Whitney Pier,
where
they raised sons Dominic and
Blaise. While
working as a
master
bricklayer by
trade, Alfred pursued a parallel artistic
life,
specializing in a traditional
Italian Renaissance
style
and
employing
classical techniques of oil painting
and "al fresco" work. He was a member of
the Cape Breton
Artists Association
and his paintings are part of many local
collections. His
family continues to
hold
a
large
number
of
his
works
2000 - Charles Dawe
Charles Dawe was born in Sydney,
Feb.
11th, 1923.
He
enrolled in
a 4 year
University
Course in
Art at the
Ontario
College of Art,
specializing in the human
form. Later Charles
attended the
Nova
Scotia
College of Art and
Design in
Halifax. He said he
learned
"more in
one
year about art
at NSCAD
than
four
years in
Toronto". Since
1982 Charles has lived on
Maloney
St.
in Whitney Pier.
He used
to
walk the
tracks and
sketch
whatever took his fancy. One
particular
day, he was drawn to
the
natural
spring water on
Maloney
St.
and noticed
the house
at
175
Maloney:
it had a "for
sale"
sign on it. He
removed the sign,
sketched the
house, and
then immediately bought it
.
"
Charles works
in
acrylics.
He says
acrylic
colors remain pure,
the
colors
stay clean, just
keep the
brushes wet
with water,
and
as
a
bonus
-there's
no
odor!
2001 - Linda
Crewe
Linda
Crewe was
born in
Sydney on
April
17,1962. A
resident
of the
Pier Linda
started school at
Elmwood,
then
attended
grades 2 - 7
at
Holy Redeemer Girls
School. Junior
High years were spent
at Don
Bosco,
and
she
graduated from
Holy
Angles
(Girls)
High School in
1980.
While
attending Jr.
High she began
to
attend oil
painting
classes, which
was part of
the Sydney
Recreational Leisure Program. She
says "My Father,
Wally
Crewe (now
deceased)
would
stand in the
line-ups to
register me, so that I
could
attend
the Art
Classes!".
With that
kind of support from her
family and
with the guidance and
encouragement of
instructor
Sister
Harriett
MacNeil,
Linda
went on to
attend
other
classes at
the Cape Breton
School
of
Crafts. Some years later,
Linda
moved
to Toronto, where
she attended
the Ontario College of
Art and Design. During her
four
years at OCA Linda worked with
a
variety of mediums
including oils,
watercolour,
pastel,
egg tempera,
silver
point and encaustic. Linda
says " I
feel lucky to have
been
exposed to
such a variety of
mediums". While
attending
Art College
Linda
concentrated on
drawing and
tributes
her
skills to
instructors
Peter
Mah,
and
Richard
Robinson.
Linda received
much encouragement
from her
family and she
successfully
completed her
courses
and graduated
from OCA in
1993, at
which
time she returned to
Cape
Breton.
2002
-
Bill
MacQueenBill
MacQueen's
background in
Art
consists
of two years at the
Nova
Scotia
College of
Art in
Halifax. He
completed three
years as
an
Art
Instructor in oil
painting
at the
Adult
Evening
Classes at
Sydney Academy
High
School. He
completed a ten
month
course
at the Adult
Vocational Technology College in
Sign
Lettering under John
Tynski. He
assisted John
Tynski in
painting the
backdrop for the
Rotary
Show
"Hello
Dolly" which was
held at
Sydney Academy. Bill worked
eight
years in
the Art
Department of
CJCB T.V., and ten
years as owner
and
operator of
Able
Signs.
Bill is a
member of
the
Cape Breton Artists
Association and
the
Whitney Pier
Historical
Museum.