The Women’s Art Committee, London
Private Collection, Ontario
Throughout her career Doris McCarthy enjoyed many painting adventures across Canada and abroad. She went on multiple trips to Quebec in the 1940s to paint its wide-ranging scenery. In this work, McCarthy depicts Barachois, which is a village on the Gaspé coast, now considered a neighbourhood within the city of Percé. The area is known for their shallow tidal lagoons, or barachois, which are partially separated and protected by the sea by a sandbar.
