Marine Images fron the Permanent Collection

From warships in Halifax Harbour to gondolas in Venice; from William Dashwood's racing yachts off the South coast of England to Arthur Lismer's minesweepers at work in the grey North Atlantic; from square-riggers elegantly engraved by the seventeenth-century master Claude Lorraine to a brave little dory almost swamped by unexpected wave in local artist John Neville's aquatint...this selection of paintings, prints and drawings presents a wide range of subjects and styles in marine imagery. Although works by Canadian artists of ships and harbours familiar to Nova Scotians predominate, they are complemented by a small group of prints and paintings by historic European artists. The exhibition was selected from the Dalhousie Art Gallery's permanent collection by the Gallery's adjunct curator, Susan Gibson Garvey.