{"product_id":"christmas-with-maud-lewis-9781773100609","title":"Christmas with Maud Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaud Lewis has become one of Canada's favourite folk artists, and her buoyant winter pictures of nature, pets, farm animals, and people at work and play are among her most charming. Her hands were twisted with arthritis, but Maud earned her living by painting Christmas cards and pictures and selling them from her tiny, gaily painted one-room house beside the highway near Digby, Nova Scotia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally issued in 1997 and now available in this updated edition, \u003ci\u003eChristmas with Maud Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e paints a portrait of how this spirited woman celebrated the season in her life and art. Maud's vision of Christmas embraces skaters sliding every which way, passengers leaning over the box of a horse-drawn sleigh, smiling oxen in their best harness, and bluebirds beside their snow-covered house. The paintings in \u003ci\u003eChristmas with Maud Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e are from the large collection of the Woolaver family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrooks, Bob:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bob Brooks (1927-1999) was one of Canada's finest photojournalists. His work appeared in \u003ci\u003eTime Life\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eStar Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcCall's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Match\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e. His radiant photos of Maud, first published in the \u003ci\u003eStar Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e article that changed her life, reflect Maud's joyous optimism.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoolaver, Lance:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lance Woolaver's parents began collecting paintings and Christmas cards by Maud Lewis in the 1950s. He first wrote about Maud Lewis in 1975. His books on Maud Lewis include \u003ci\u003eChristmas with the Rural Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Ben Loman to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaud Lewis: The Heart on the Door\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eChristmas with Maud Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183235465490,"sku":"9781773100609","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc85f0b4-8295-428b-8437-3104da8f10b5.jpg?v=1744459231","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/christmas-with-maud-lewis-9781773100609","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}