Bernice Purdy
At the End of the Rope 1980
oil on canvas
167.5 x 76.7 cm
Purchased, 1981
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1981.1

Night Fight 1987
oil on canvas
40.5 x 51 x 1.9 cm
Purchased, 1987
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1987.3

Bernice Purdy
Welfare Lady 1979
oil on masonite
61 x 81 cm
Purchased, 1979
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1979.5

Charlotte Wilson-Hammond
(b. 1941 Montreal, QC; lives in Clam Harbour, NS)
Amaryllis 1982
oil on Masonite backed with fiberglass backing
91.3 x 118.6 cm
Purchased with assistance from the Canada Council Art Bank, 1983
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1982.4.1

Christine Koch
Trilobite Collection IV 2001
gouache on paper (49 sheets)
63.5 x 48.5 cm
Purchased with contributions from MSVU Biology faculty and the Office of the President, 2004.
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2004.6

This photograph is from a series entitled Marguerite, which explores the imagined life of Marguerite Bourgeouys, a 17th-century teacher and nun who founded the Sisters of Notre-Dame. In a sense, Knight’s photographs compose a portrait of Marguerite, but one in which no face or figure appears.

Black Bread Eater – White Bread Eater 2004
stone lithograph – autographic ink/crayon/toner transfer, on Frabriano Rosa Pina 2/8
(Bleed diptych) Overall: 70 x 200.7 cm; Sheet: 70 x 100.3 cm
Gift of the artist, 2007
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2007.9

Dan O’Neill
(b. 1955, Montreal, QC; lives in Halifax, NS)

JPEGNOTES: ASHORTS.01.COPY.JPEG 2003-2004
stone lithograph – aluminum photoplates/toner transfer, on Pescia 2/8
(Bleed triptych) Overall: 70 x 152 cm; Sheet: 70 x 51 cm
Gift of the artist, 2006
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2006.4.3

JPEGNOTES: BA.01.COPY.JPEG 2003-2004
stone lithograph – aluminum photoplates/toner transfer, on Pescia 2/8
(Bleed triptych) Overall: 70 x 152 cm: Each sheet 70 x 51 cm
Gift of the artist, 2006
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2006.4.1

JPEGNOTES: SWMMR.01.COPY.JPEG 2003-2004
stone lithograph – aluminum photoplates/toner transfer, on Pescia 2/8
(Bleed triptych) Overall: 70 x 152 cm: Each sheet 70 x 51 cm
Gift of the artist, 2006
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2006.4.4

Patio Secrets 1997
stone Lithograph – crayon, on Pescia Buff 3/10
(Bleed) Sheet: 75.8 x 56.3 cm
Gift of the artist, 2007
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2007.6

Pearl Necklace 2002
stone lithograph – autographic ink/crayon, on BRK Rives White 9/10
Sheet: 76.2 x 57 cm; Image: 75.5 x 56 cm
Gift of the artist, 2007
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2007.7

Towers 2001
stone lithograph – aluminum photoplate, on Arches Black 3/8
(Bleed) Sheet: 76.5 x 56.5 cm
Gift of the artist, 2007
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2007.8

Garry Neill Kennedy
NEW! 2006
oil and latex on canvas AP 7/8
31 x 41 cm, oval
Gift of Cathy Busby, 2006
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2006.5

Conical Fields 1998-2000
sewn velvet with foam chip filling
71 x 23 x 356 cm
Gift of the artist, 2007
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2007.18

Gary Markle
Shag-Rag Rug 1995
synthetic carpet, yarn and cloth strips in various fibres
140 x 229 cm
Gift of the artist, 2007
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
2007.17

Gary Markle
Untitled (Proscenium Arch with Ballerinas) 1994
woodblock with charcoal drawing on rag paper
29.5 x 25.4 cm
Gift of the artist, 1996
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1996.1

Julia Schmitt Healy
(b. 1947 Elmhurst, IL; lives in Staten Island, NY)
Dog Totem 1978
oil on canvas
76.5 x 61.5 cm
Gift of the artist, 1978
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1978.4

Leslie Sampson
Work Work Work 1988
printed cotton tea towel, cotton thread, shaped pine frame
75 x 67.5 cm
Purchased, 1988
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1988.3

Through the Window Bright 1997
Serigraph AP/6
Sheet: 39 x 54 cm; image: 36 x 50.5 cm
Gift of the artist, 1998
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1998.5

Nancy Edell
Blomidon Cow 1981
hooked wool on burlap with findings
62.2 x 83.8 cm
Canada Council Art Bank Assisted Purchase, 1982
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1982.2

For the Homemade series, Tonia Di Risio has built dollhouses that recreate her parents’ and grandparents’ homes in Toronto and her own place in Halifax. Di Risio presents these miniature constructions in the form of photographs and video animations.

Scott Conarroe, Promenade 2004
Colour photograph

Scott Conarroe, Red House 2005
colour photograph

What makes a painting authentic? Can painting stand for something apart from the fetish it has become? For thirty-five years, Ferguson has tackled such questions by substituting mechanical processes and found objects for the hand-made, personalized mark of the artist.

Sarain Stump
(b. 1945 Italy; d. 1974 New Mexico)
Indian Symbols n.d
felt tipped pen on paper
36.8 x 43.7 cm
Purchased, 1974
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1974.20.1

Sarain Stump
(b. 1945 Italy; d. 1974 New Mexico)
Untitled n.d
felt tipped pen on paper
61 x 61 cm
Purchased, 1974
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1974.20.3

Scott Conarroe, Site 2004
colour photograph

Susan McEachern
Eskasoni School series 1978
photo silk-screen on paper
30.5 x 38.1 cm
Gift of the artist, 1982
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1982.3.1-1982.3.30

Untitled (sculpture commissioned for EMF Library Stairwell) 1992
steel tubing, metal-impregnated polyester
560 x 220 cm
Funded by designated grants from the Sobey Foundation and the Canada Council Art Bank to the University’s Learning and Leading Capital Campaign, 1992
Mount Saint Vincent University Collection
1992.1

Charlotte Lindgren is a pioneering textile artist, well-known for the large, hand-woven sculptures that she began producing in the 1960s. Lindgren pushed the boundaries of her medium by using unexpected materials such as cow hair, wire and plastics, in addition to wool, linen, silk or mohair.

Scott Conarroe, Winter Lot 2005
colour photograph