A painting by the Canadian artist folk artistoften used normal house paint for her works, and, which was once bartered to the owners of a restaurant in London, Ontario in exchange for a few grilled ...

The Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis never sold a work for more than $10 during her lifetime. But on May 14 at an Ontario auction, one of her paintings fetched C$350,000 ($272,000), more than ten times ...

Sally Hawkins as Maud Lewis (photo by Duncan Deyoung, courtesy Mongrel Media) Maudie, directed by Aisling Walsh, depicts the life of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis (1903–1970). The film does not ...

Earlier this year, a painting by the Nova Scotian folk artist Maud Lewis sold for $45,000 Canadian dollars. When she was alive, Lewis, born in 1903, sold such pieces from her home for $5 apiece. That ...

Maud Lewis, “Untitled (White Cats with Blue Eyes)” (ca. 1965), oil on board, 13 3/4 × 15 15/16 in. (Private Collection, Nova Scotia, image courtesy McMichael Canadian Art Collection) KLEINBURG, ...

Fifty years ago, restaurant owners Irene and John Demas traded a grilled cheese for a painting. Last month, it sold for $272,548. Irene Demas paints a pretty picture as to how slinging grilled cheese ...

It’s no secret that we’re living through some of America’s darkest days right now. The shadow in D.C. looms like the darkness over Mordor, and I don’t bust out the apocalyptic Tolkienisms lightly. So ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The movie “Maudie,” a fact-based drama about the late Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis and her strange relationship with her husband, is a charming tale — ...

Lewis sold paintings to passing tourists for $2. Now, they go for as much as $20,000 and her entire house is on view in a museum. Maudie tells the... Home Is Where The Art Is: The Unlikely Story Of ...

Like many a North American folk artist, Maud Lewis’ oeuvre — which consists of countless paintings of fuzzy cats, crude-looking flowers, and flat country landscapes — could easily be dismissed as ...