Terry Tomalty

Backyard Hockey

Albert Rousseau, 1908 - 1982, Canadian Oil on masonite 18 x 24 in 46 x 61 cm Signed lower right ; Titled on the reverse framed

Albert Rousseau, Canadian, 1908 - 1982 Oil on panel 16 x 20 in signed and dated on lower right A. Rousseau 73 titled verso Framed

"Fence Jumper" is an oil painting with chalk and graphite on wood panel, and measures 16" high by 12" wide. It is finished with a clear resin across the surface, lending the artwork a particular warmth and liquidity that is rare and lovely to behold. Typical of the artist, the painting is a mystery despite its apparent simplicity – a boy, a young lad leaps over the fence, seen here mid-flight. It's clearly important to the boy. His focus and sense of achievement ring out. Drawn lines and painterly brushstrokes render the scene, but also note the toned wood coming through as color and texture. All of it held, as if in time, by the resin layer acting as a lens to both transmit this picture and admit light to the picture. A true artifact. From Will Hudson...

Signature: Signed lower right “Tony Fachet” and dated ’88. Illustration depicting a locomotive.