Thursday, January 14, 2010

50
oil
25.4 x 73.0 cm (10" x 28.75")


This may look like a rural scene, but the road in the painting is actually within the city limits of Winnipeg. It's Rue des Trappistes in St. Norbert, the southern most suburb of Winnipeg. The road used to pass by a Trappist monastery, hence the name. The monastery, which was originally founded in 1892 by Cistercians from Bellefontaine, France, was moved to Holland, Manitoba, in 1978.

The photograph of the painting is not the best. However, it will have to do.