Margaret Frizzell - “Paintings of the Island” in Oyster Bed Bridge

 While the creative output of  Margaret Frizzell is best remembered by her paintings sold under the name “Paintings of the Island” in her summer gallery at Oyster Bed Bridge, she was also active in making pottery. Recently I received images from art dealer Aubrey Bell who indicated that as owner of Gallery18 he had received an inquiry recently from individuals in San Diego, CA. 

"One of them had acquired a piece of P.E.I. pottery made by Margaret Frizzell.

FRIZZELL, Margaret (1922-2007)

​Margaret Frizzell was born in Sherbrooke Quebec.  She graduated from the Department of Fine Art of the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and the Banff Summer School of Fine Art in Banff, Alberta, where one of her portrait works hangs in the permanent collection. She studied watercolour under Leslie Coppold, R.C.A., Caroline Buchanan,  A.W.S. Zoltan Szabo and Barbara Simmons. Margaret was a member and past president of Artistes Hudson Artists, a member of Cercle Artistique du Quebec, Comite 'Culturel La Presqu'lle, Vaudreuil, Que.  She was a charter member of the International Society of Artists, Ohio. In 1992 she was accepted as a member of the Arts Club of Montreal. Preferring to paint outdoors, Margaret worked in oil, watercolour and ink. Her primary residence was in Hudson, Quebec, but for 36 summers, Margaret and her husband, Harold, operated “Paintings of the Island” in Oyster Bed Bridge.

I contacted one of Margaret’s sons, Cameron Frizzell in Montreal. He confirms she bought a kiln in the early 1970s, which remained in the family home in Hudson, Quebec, until it was sold in about 2010. 

However, he says his mother’s involvement with ceramics lasted only a few years. Before long, she returned to her primary interest, which was painting. 

I’m passing along the images in the event you believe they might find a place on your blog."

Basket of Blueberries - by Margaret Frizzell, PEI 1974

Pottery signature of Margaret Frizzell, PEI 1974

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