The Shore Line Gallery-South Shore Regional Hospital

05/26/2026

At The Daisy today!!

Gorgeous Wedgwood Serenity pattern 60+ piece dinnerware set in a white bone china with silver detailing.

Won’t last long at only $140!

05/22/2026

This month’s exhibit at the Shore Line Gallery includes paintings with quintessential Nova Scotia elements: fishing boats, wharves, and the sea.

Ivan Carey was the Featured Artist last month. His “Nobody Home”, shows a fishing boat passing by an old house on the shore. It looks abandoned. Shingles are missing from the roof and part of an outer wall appears to have collapsed. What was probably an idyllic spot at one time now has a nostalgic feel.

Mike Hatcher has two paintings in the show. For anyone who enjoys the ocean, his “Morning Surf” and “The Rock” will be an instant reminder of the beauty of our coastline.

“Morning Surf” captures the moment a wave breaks as it rolls ashore. “The Rock” shows a granite outcrop along the coast. The grey of the rock contrasts with the golden browns of the seaweed growing on it, grey and gold surrounded by the blue of the sea.

Dennis Curran is also fascinated by the waves coming ashore. His watercolour “Viridian and Blue” is named for the colours of a wave crashing onto rocks. It has that fresh feel of an ocean breeze.

“Tiny Harbour” is another of Curran’s watercolours. He uses the medium to beautiful effect to show the route the ocean takes to a small staging where a fishing boat is tied up.

A different fishing boat plows its way through the waves in one of Greg Van De Moortele’s highly coloured pictures. “Heading Home” is one of two works of his in the show. The other, “Nesting” is an overhead view of waves rolling onto a beach.

The nest belongs to a couple of seagulls who occupy a cliff far above the waves that curl eternally to shore.

A final look at seaside buildings at the Shore Line Gallery is by Daphne Strowbridge. Her simple painting “Shacks at Blue Rocks” should be familiar to anyone living on the South Shore. Rust coloured huts sit above a wharf that juts into the sea.

With better weather people will be out driving along the coast. Many of the scenes they will see have already been portrayed by the artists at the Shore Line Gallery.

Come in and compare what you see with the artists’ renderings. This show continues until the end of the month.

05/10/2026

There are some new artists at the Shore Line Gallery to check out.

Using different media they offer a fresh take on familiar themes…like D. C. MacLean’s “LaHave River, Autumn”. The artist uses marker, pencil and crayon to portray a view from the river’s edge.

The strong verticals of three trees cut through the horizontal river lines. The opposite river bank adds its own horizontal feel, with the clouds above scudding on their own parallel course.

Louise Hollingsworth’s “Have Patients” is unique in this month’s
exhibit. A dramatic piece that is sculptural, with white faces mounted on a black background.

The faces are three dimensional and resemble masks. Each has its own expression but do not seem to be actual portraits.

The title is a puzzle. Are the faces different expressions of patience, or are they patients waiting to see someone?

April Naugler has exhibited with Shore Line before. She has two works in this month’s show. Both are abstracts in resin on wood.

Highly glossy, they look like sediment swirling in a river or a segment of a rocky deposit. One is called “Lava”, the other is “Purple Explosion”. Both are vehicles for imagination and contemplation.

You can see these works at the Shore Line Gallery until the end
of the month.

05/06/2026

The Shore Line Gallery has a new show and a new Feature Artist. She is Kathryn Price.

She lives on a small hobby farm outside New Germany and started painting seriously when she retired twenty six years ago.

Kathryn says she has always liked art, visiting galleries and cathedrals to look at paintings on her travels. Mostly self taught, she has taken the occasional course at the Nova
Scotia College of Art and Design.

Mostly though, she has been inspired by Mary Morey, who is part of an art group which meets every Monday morning at the Union Square Hall.

Enthralled by Morey’s work, Price
says Morey encouraged her to keep painting and exhibit her work.

Like Morey, Price paints in oils. She likes the medium because the colours stay true, unlike acrylics which she says darken as they dry. Also oils let her return to a painting
later to make changes.

The works on display at Shore Line are mostly landscapes. Price says many of the subjects are scenes she finds on her hikes. She takes a small camera with her to record what she sees so she can paint a scene later, like “Out Exploring” and “Summer Pleasures”. Both are wide vistas of water, forest and sky.

“Early Morning on Cape Chignecto” shows the rocky terrain and headlands of that part of the province.

Price loves nature. Trees are a big favourite. Her “Mother and Daughter” shows two maples. The leaves in one are gradually changing colour while the smaller tree is totally red. Another favourite is the little bunchberry plant. In her
painting “Canadian Bunchberry”, the plants are shown later in the season with their familiar red berries. Price loves the contrast between the red and the green.

“Magical Homestead” seems different from her other paintings. It has many of the things found in those works - landscape, sky and a wide view, but it is also a work of
imagination. Price says it was inspired by her place but the huge sky with its dramatic red clouds looming over a small house nestled in the trees, gives this painting an emotional edge. Security, isolation, eternal.

You can find Kathryn Price’s work this month at the Shore Line Gallery located in the main hallway of the South Shore Regional Hospital.

04/28/2026

SOLD SOLD SOLD!!!

Supercycle Nitrous, 21-speed mountain bikes with a dual-suspension system. Beautiful condition! In fact hardly used! We are including the bike helmets as we don’t sell them separately. Only $150 each!

We also have a hitch-mounted platform bike rack designed to carry up to two bicycles. $125

Perfect for the lovely spring weather we’re finally having!

04/23/2026

April showers bring forth flowers…and while that’s true for the crocus and daffodils popping up these days in our gardens, it is also true at the Shore Line Gallery.

Several artists celebrate flowers in their art this month. Anne Cameron even calls her painting of apple blossoms “Spring Blooms”.

Daphne Strowbridge also credits the season in “Think Spring”, which has a large bunch of flowers spilling out of a vase.

“A Rose in June”, is also by her. It shows a few stems of pink roses in a well executed glass jar of water.

And finally, a close up of a summer favourite by Ann MacKenzie. “Peony” fills the frame with a mass of pink and white petals.

A promise of flowers to come, all at the Shore Line Gallery this month!

04/22/2026

Your constant efforts and unwavering dedication are the heartbeat of our hospital community.

Whether you are greeting visitors with a smile at the SSRH Gift Shop, curating the beautiful displays at The Daisy and The Shore Line Gallery-South Shore Regional Hospital, or supporting the vital work of the South Shore Health Foundation, your impact is felt by every patient, staff member, and family who walks through our doors.

You give more than just your time; you give comfort, hope, and essential resources that enhance the care provided at South Shore Regional.

We are incredibly proud to work alongside such a selfless group of individuals.

On behalf of the The South Shore Regional Hospital Auxiliary and executive, thank you for everything you do. We truly couldn't do it without you!

Sincerely,

Tracey Seutter-President South Shore Regional Hospital Auxiliary

04/22/2026

At The Daisy today!!

35-piece set of Royal Doulton Autumn's Glory vintage fine china in NEW condition.

The pattern, produced between 1990 and 1997, features a fruity border with green and red colors on a white background with black trim.

The set includes various items such as dinner plates, bowls, cups, and saucers.

It is listed for an EXCELLENT PRICE at $175.00 CAD.

04/15/2026

At The Daisy!!

Wow!! We are so thankful to receive such generous donations from our supporters!

First we have a Roseville Freesia Blue 1945 Mid Century Modern Art Pottery Handled Vase (comparable up to $260USD)

Separate from the vase is a pair of Vintage Roseville Pottery Freesia Blue Candlestick Holders for $60pr

The other gorgeous item is an antique Allerton's Longton Earthenware Handpainted 7.5" Copper Lusterware Lustreware Water Pitcher Jug Made in England for only $40

As always, get down early as these pieces won’t last!

04/10/2026

04/09/2026

FEATURE ARTIST-Ivan Carey

Ivan Carey has two passions. One is sailing. He’s been sailing most of his life. He sailed his own boat around Mahone Bay and refers to himself as a sailor. It’s his first passion.

The second one is painting. He came to it late, after he’d retired from teaching. Eighteen years ago, Carey’s wife gave him some painting lessons for his birthday. He discovered he had a talent for it. He thinks his years peering into a microscope at school, sketching animal tissues helped.

That close attention to detail in the microscope has influenced his painting. Carey is careful to get the details in his paintings right.

It is part of the reason he doesn’t enjoy painting en plein air. “It’s too rushed. I use acrylics and they dry fast.” Carey prefers to paint from photographs. It allows him to take his time.

Although boats feature in many of his paintings, there are seascapes like “Indian Island, Polly Cove” on display at the Shore Line Gallery. And there is a view of the Lunenburg waterfront with the well known Adams and Knickle building at his show in the clinic at the Bridgewater and Area Family Health Clinic.

His work is rooted in the South Shore with scenes of fish shacks and wharves, ocean and rugged headland. You can almost smell the tang of salt air when you look at his work.

The show at the clinic runs until the end of May. Carey’s other paintings at the Shore Line Gallery are on exhibit until the end of this month.