Canada 150 Art Project – Nova Scotia

Welcome to the  sixth in a series of ten watercolor paintings to honor Canada’s Sesquicentennial – this one featuring Nova Scotia. Read on to learn more about the backstory behind this painting, and to find out how you can make this painting yours.

The Backstory:

I love visiting Nova Scotia. It’s such an historic province with so much to see and enjoy.

The Halifax harbor is a great spot for adventuring and good food. Kids will love a tour on Theodore the Tugboat. I was thrilled to take a turn at the wheel of the Mar as we sailed through the harbor. Pier 21 offers engaging exhibits on the story behind immigration to Canada. You can also search the archives for stories of your own ancestors. The Maritime Museum is where you will find the inside scoop on the great 1917 Halifax Explosion.

And of course, no visit to the southern part of Nova Scotia is complete without a sidetrip to the very scenic and highly photographed, Peggy’s Cove.

My strongest remembrances of Nova Scotia are connected to our roadtrip on the winding Cabot Trail. I giggled at the naming of villages of Margaree: Margaree Forks, Margaree Harbour, East Margaree, Margeree Centre, Margaree Valley and NE Margaree. I breathed in the beauty of Bras d’Or Lake. We still own a handcrafted wooden sculpture of a weathered sailor we picked out in a shop in Baddeck.

This painting features Keltic Lodge which perches high on Ingonish Beach on the north eastern edge of the Cape Breton Highlands. My husband and I spent a memorable night there enjoying the amazing views of the sea and the sounds of a bagpiper who saluted the flag at both sundown and sunrise – mercifully at some distance from our room!

How You Can Make This Painting Yours:

In honor of our country’s 2017 anniversary celebrations, I’ve created one watercolor painting to honor each province.

One unique provincial landscape, seascape or streetscape will be featured each week throughout the summer. Ten paintings are up for grabs – one for each province – and one each week.

Each original painting is 8” x 10” in size and each one will arrive mounted in a double white mat bringing the outer dimensions to 11” x 14” – ready to pop into a standard frame of your own choosing.

The price for each painting will be $150 (taxes included) plus $15 for shipping to anywhere in Canada.

If you are looking for a unique remembrance of Canada 150, and you’ve always wanted to buy an original watercolor from the Pauseworks Studio, here’s your chance.

Just send me an email message ( to pat@patkatzart.com) with the words ‘Canada 150 – I’ll Take It’ in the subject line. The first reader to call dibs on each week’s masterpiece takes it. Good luck to all!

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