Looking for paintings done by past Sturgeon Pointer

The Olde Gaol Museum in Lindsay is going to be doing a display on the life and work of W. A. Goodwin this summer.  W. A. Goodwin is the great-gradfather of Jane Goodwin / Dana Still from 3rd Street.

The family is inquiring if any Sturgeon Pointers may have any of his paintings hanging on their walls.  According to family lore, W. A. Goodwin gave his paintings as gifts to many locals.

Most of his paintings we have seen are wilderness and nature pieces of various locations around the Kawarthas with many being of Sturgeon Point itself.  He signed his work simply WAG.  Sometimes he might paint his signature in so as to make it seem part of the scene or sometimes it would simply be painted in the lower right corner.  He also made his own frames and they were often fairly ornate.

If anyone does have a painting, please contact Dana Still at stilldana (at) gmail (dot) com.  It would be a lovely surprise to find some unknown Goodwin paintings.

Here is an example of Goodwin’s work.  It is quite small – just a bit bigger than a post card.

Dana Still of 19 3rd Street typing.                                                The Olde Gaol Museum in Lindsay got in touch with us about a month ago asking if Jane was the great-granddaughter of W. A. Goodwin, who built the cottage on 3rd Street. It turns out they had come across some old paintings in their building that had been painted by him. They did some research and what they learned has prompted them to begin preparing a display on the life and work of W. A. Goodwin this summer. We will be shipping paintings to them from our home on the west coast and bringing other things with us when we come for the summer in mid-June. Why I'm writing here is to ask if anyone among the original Sturgeon Point families ( or anyone else for that matter) have any paintings that might have been given as gifts by W. A. Goodwin. According to family lore that is apparently what he did with his paintings. Most of  his paintings we have seen are wilderness and nature pieces of various locations around the Kawarthas with many being of Sturgeon Point itself. He signed his work simply WAG. Sometimes he might paint that in so as to make it seem part of the scene and sometimes it would simply be painted in the lower right corner. He also made his own frames and they are often fairly ornate. If there do happen to any, and I recognize that after 130 some odd years it's unlikely, please do get in touch with me at stilldana at g mail dot com. It would be a lovely surprise to add some heretofore unknown Goodwin paintings to the show. </p>
<p>Here's an example of the kind of thing he painted. This is quite small - just a bit bigger than a post card. Thankyou for any help you may have to offer.

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