Bluenose by Earl Bailley

About Earl Bailley

Earl Bailly was born in Lunenburg in 1903. He contracted polio at the age of three and was confined to a life primarily in a wheelchair.

At the age of six, his father put a pencil in Earl's mouth, and he began to draw. From there, the world unfolded for the young quadriplegic. He learned to paint by holding a brush in his teeth. Until his death at 74, the artist created hundreds of awe-inspiring works.

In 1933, Bluenose sailed to Chicago as a special guest at the World's Fair. Earl Bailly and his brother, Donald, were signed on as crew for that trip by Captain Angus Walters, legendary skipper of the "Queen of the North Atlantic".

Earl Bailly graduated from the Nova Scotia School of Art in 1957 and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from St. Francis Xavier University in 1972.

Earl Bailly's work has been represented in the National Gallery of Canada; Warm Springs Foundation, Georgia, USA; Dalhousie Art Gallery; Philadelphia Art Alliance; Four Arts Society, Palm Beach, Florida; many private collections and the Earl Bailly Art Gallery in Bermuda.

During his productive lifetime, Mr. Bailly was presented to both Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother.