Bev Friesen

Pampering the Chef

Oil on Canvas

16 x 16

NFS

2010

Oil on Canvas

16 x 20

Sold

Donated to the CNIB for the “Eye on the Arts” Benefit Auction Feb 25, 2010 at Fort Garry Place.

40 x 30

Oil on Canvas

Spoken For

A traditional Mennonite family poses with some of their equipment in front of their Housebarn.

12 x 4 Triptych

Oil on Canvas

$175

A traditional homestead for early Mennonites as they immigrated to Canada.

12 x 4 Triptych

Oil on Canvas

$175

A traditional homestead for early Mennonites as they immigrated to Canada.  Girls stood with their mothers.

18 x 6 Triptych

Oil on Canvas

$175

These Peonies are from the root stock of my Grandmother’s Peonies grown more than 75 years ago, transplanted by my mother and then by me.  Each Peony in this triptych represents the three generations.  Very fragrant.

18 x 24

Oil on Canvas

$350

Modern Mennonite women in bikini’s - on an East Coast vacation.

16 x 20

Oil on Canvas

$300

Laundry was (and still is) a woman’s job.  Laundry hung outside to dry in all seasons.

16 x 20

Oil on Canvas

Sold

A nostalgic view of the past, when Mennonite women used Enamel Ware and grew the fragrant Peonies in their gardens.

20 x 16

Oil on Canvas

$300

Prior to the development of Institutions, people with special needs were cared for at home, and sadly, sometimes hidden in shame.