Elaine Harrison: I am an Island that Dreams

Jane Ledwell, Kevin Rice, Douglas Sobey,

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Elaine Harrison: I am an Island that Dreams

I am an Island that Dreams

  Author:   Jane Ledwell, Kevin Rice, Douglas Sobey,  
  Publisher:  Acorn Press

Elaine Harrison was born in Petite-Rivere in Nova Scotia, but moved to Prince Edward Island to teach in 1938. There, she and her companion spent their summers at “Windswept,” the 200 year-old farmhouse on the cliffs near Seacow Head, where they lived a simple life, and for over fifty years were involved in the intellectual life of the Island and beyond, playing host to numerous summer visitors and corresponding with some of Canada’s top writers. In 1968, retirement gave Elaine the freedom to turn to her interests: her poetry, the campaigning for favoured causes, but above all her painting. Inspired by the Group of Seven, she found her subject matter in the cliffs and waves at Windswept, the sunflowers in her garden, the trees of the local hardwoods, and latterly her own cats and kitchen. In the early days she frequently gave her paintings away to anyone who appreciated them, but from the 1970s she began to get the recognition and financial returns they merited. She died in 2003, but her work is still much-loved by Islanders.
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ISBN associated with this title: 9781894838634
Item AC0073
PublisherAcorn Press
PublisherAcorn Press
Published on October 31 2011
Language eng
Pages 60
Format Paperback
Dimensions10.25(in) x 8.25(in)
Shipping weight405(g)
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Jane Ledwell
Jane Ledwell is a writer and editor in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She has published two previous collections of poetry, Last Tomato and Bird Calls: The Island Responds and is a past recipient of the award for Distinguished Contribution to the Literary Arts in PEI. Jane currently serves as executive director of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She is a parent of two children, Anna and Sam, with her partner, visual artist Stephen MacInnis.

Kevin Rice
Kevin Rice is the director of the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. He has been involved in the cultural community in PEI for several decades and has curated numerous exhibitions – many based on the gallery’s collection of Canadian Art.

Douglas Sobey
Douglas Sobey attended school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, where he was taught by Elaine Harrison. He studied at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, received a Ph. D. from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, and for twenty-five years taught at the University of Ulster.

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