Lucille Oille, Untitled (dog delivering newspapers to farm house), 2002. Woodblock print. 17 x 21.5 cm. Courtesy/Collection of the MacLaren Art Centre. Photo: André Beneteau.
MacLaren Art Centre
37 Mulcaster Street
Barrie, Ontario
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Noor Alé
This presentation focuses on Oille’s illustrations from The Owl Pen (1947) by Kenneth Wells, a memoir of Oille and Wells’ life on a farm in Oro-Medonte. Displayed in clusters, the woodcut prints depict the rhythms of the seasons, harvest returns and the rewards of hard labour.
