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love of the Highlands did not come from ignorance of experience.
Ethel had a curious and ambitious nature that led her across
Canada and out into the world. She lived in Spain for over a
year and spent most of that time in recluse on a small island
in the Mediterranean. Although this worldly Miss Curry learned
much in her adventures she was soon drawn back to her beloved
home in Haliburton where she continued to paint and live. Ethel
never married or had children, yet her incredible influence
and lasting effect on her students, family and friends is her
legacy and will be a story told long after she is gone and her
paintings have withered. Ethel Curry passed away in Haliburton
on April 27, 2000, in her 98th year. The Ethel Curry Gallery
is the creative invention of one of her favorite nephews, Peter
Curry, his wife Jody and a talented woodworker Wayne Hooks,
all of whom see the wild beauty inherent in the Highlands. It
is their aim to encourage, promote and celebrate all others
that have been inspired by Haliburton's natural beauty to create
their own works of art.
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"The solace and inspiration of nature's
wild beauty inspires the artist to interpret and create, to carve
and to build, to sculpt and to paint."
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