Collected
I’ve started collecting paintings and objects from second hand stores, garage sales, and rummage sales. I see my collecting as a temporary waystation for handmade and artist-made items that have lost their original context but not their meaning. These objects—wooden toys, pottery, paintings, and artifacts—are held for a time, appreciated for their care and intention, and then allowed to continue on to new homes.
Each piece is part of an ongoing story. My role is not to collect permanently, but to witness, preserve, and pass along.
Alice N. Waldron
Painted on the same day in 1974, these two works by Alice N. Waldron feel less like standalone pieces and more like pages from a personal record.
Violet Rycroft
I don’t know much about Violet Rycroft beyond what’s written on the painting itself. Signed and dated 2000, this small oil landscape feels like part of a quiet, ongoing relationship with place—one that didn’t need an audience to exist.
H.D. Carrigan
This is another artwork I found at a thrift store last month. I love it, but I can’t find any information about the artist (signature looks like H.D. Carrigan?). Depicts a street scene of an active alleyway, with the Hotel MacDonald (Edmonton) in background. I love the popcorn vendor!
Margaret Thomson Tweedale
Found this at a thrift store, and it’s signed Margaret Thomson. Could it be by famous artist Tom Thomson’s sister Margaret?