‘Thriving Together‘, by artist Lorraine (Gosbee) Vatcher, is available at 544 Main St, courtesy of the Three Rivers Art Trail!

This mural spotlights family in the traditional way of everyday life here in PEI (or Canada) circa 1920. Every day the “chores” practiced by families kept them fed, warm, clean, and comfortable. Farming was not their hobby, it was survival and most homes, city, or country, had a garden of substantial size. Every member of the family participated in order to have food for the winter when food was scarce. This family is harvesting potatoes; they put enough away to eat during the winter and seed for the next crop; they give some to their neighbors who helped in the planting and harvesting and if there are enough left, they sell a few to the merchant. You, reading this plaque, have probably never thought about the work our forefathers performed in order to survive. 

About the Artist

There are many people who will stare intently at a painting but just pass by the actual scene without taking a second glance. Artists take the time to see what others do not and translate those sights to canvas. “I want people to really look at my creations, to take that second glance and say, ‘Why didn’t I see that before?’. Fishers in boats, shorelines, quilts hanging on a clothesline, barnyards, potato fields…these are the scenes and the ways of life which bekon me.” Lorraine instructs and has been painting for 13 years.