ON BOARD, SIGNED, 16 × 12 IN PAUL BRAID (CANADIAN, 1920–1999) WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH BARE TREES AND STREAM OIL ON BOARD, SIGNED LOWER LEFT PAUL BRAID IMAGE: 16 × 12 IN. FRAMED: 23 × 19 IN. (WOOD FRAME WITH LINEN LINER) AN ALBERTA WINTER SCENE: A DARK CREEK CUTTING THROUGH SNOW, A LEANING BARE TREE IN WARM LATE LIGHT, BLUE SHADOWS ACROSS THE BANKS, TWO PALE TRUNKS AT RIGHT. STRONG, PAINTERLY BRUSHWORK IN THE GROUP OF SEVEN TRADITION. BRAID STUDIED AT THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART (1947) UNDER FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL, MOVED WEST IN 1953, AND LIVED AND WORKED IN FORT SASKATCHEWAN. HE TAUGHT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA FACULTY OF EXTENSION AND ALBERTA CULTURE, JOINED THE ALBERTA SOCIETY OF ARTISTS IN 1980, AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT IN 1987. TWENTY-TWO OF HIS PAINTINGS TOURED WITH THE ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA / ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS.
PAUL BRAID (1920–1999), WINTER STREAM, ALBERTA OIL
ON BOARD, SIGNED, 16 × 12 IN PAUL BRAID (CANADIAN, 1920–1999) WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH BARE TREES AND STREAM OIL ON BOARD, SIGNED LOWER LEFT PAUL BRAID IMAGE: 16 × 12 IN. FRAMED: 23 × 19 IN. (WOOD FRAME WITH LINEN LINER) AN ALBERTA WINTER SCENE: A DARK CREEK CUTTING THROUGH SNOW, A LEANING BARE TREE…