Violet Robertson was a local artist from Westmount who did landscapes. My mom and dad met her when they bought their dining room set in the 1970's. They also bought 2 other landscapes she did, which now hang in my parent's house. Her mother liked Dad so much that she gave him an Aldridge watercolour of boats in a harbour done using the traditional English method of painting.
This scene shows the stone house in Verdun, it is a historical house built in 1710 called Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier. My dad told me that my great grandfather use to row from Pointe St. Charles to the old stone house
to go fishing. In those days, they had no motors. Their first motor, when they went to Heron Island, was a five horse power. He said that it took them forever to get
past the rapids! My Dad also went out there with his kayak and put it in the river just at the end of the rapids. Back then the house actually backed onto the river embankments, but now the whole shoreline has been filled in for about 100 meters and has a park with bike paths. You can really see the natural state of things, and the great shoreline along the St. Lawrence. It looks like an oil painting but has texture like a pastel drawing, I will have to ask about that. Thanks Mom for the photo!
Pastel, ~ 10 x 12 " year: mid 20th century
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