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.
