Beach and Lighthouse, Antigonish, NS
Bruce Thomas
30x26
Multi-frame amalgamated on canvas with graphite, pastel spray acrylic and oil, pigmented resin and stencil applied.
This is Antigonish and there was a storm blowing in from the Atlantic. But, I’ve really never really felt a gale-force wind until I got to Peggy’s Cove. At the coast, there are 60 foot waves. I filmed an interview there with the most interesting fisherman who was retiring that day. When I got back to my car to review the footage, all I could hear in the audio was the wind.
What was the best thing you almost had but just missed?
Faction: Where fact coexists with fiction. That’s Peggy. And if Peggy is a religion, I met the man. He’s fifth generation in his home on Peggy's Cove, has a 100 year old pump organ and was an expert on the legend of Peggy. Seek and ye shall find Peggy.
The story goes: "A schooner was wrecked on "Halibut Rock" off the Lighthouse Point, in a "Southeaster", in sleet and fog on a dark October night. The ship ran hard aground and with high waves washing her decks, some of her crew climbed to the masts, but the waves washed them into the boiling sea. Everyone on board was lost except a young girl, who managed to survive the turbulent seas, swam ashore and was finally rescued by the people on the shore. Her name was Margaret, and people came to visit Peggy of the Cove. How true this story is, no one knows, and there are no documents available to confirm or refute it."
In my opinion, Ivan is every bit as lengendary as Peggy
http://peggyofthecove.com/
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