About Paul Landry

(1931-2018)

ABorn in Nova Scotia, the grandson of two sea captains, Paul Landry worked with fishermen on the Canadian coast and kept both camera and sketchbook close at hand. “I believe that you have to know your subject to paint it well,” he said. “Spending time on the sea has allowed me to know its many moods.”

By the time Landry was seventeen, he had gained apprentice status as a photoengraver. He started working his way through the Nova Scotia College of Art and also attended the Art Students League in New York City. He eventually settled on the Connecticut shore, where he taught for many years at Westport’s Famous Artist’s School and wrote On Drawing and Painting, a widely used text. His other two bestselling books, The Captain’s Garden: A Reflective Journey Home Through the Art of Paul Landry and At the Heart of Christmas, were published to unanimous praise.

One of the most popular nostalgia artists in the United States, he produced hundreds of original paintings which hang in private collections and in prominent institutions throughout the world, including the Smithsonian.

A delight to both the eye and the heart, a Landry painting is an invitation to the peace and beauty of nostalgic memories. Come home to his romantic imagery of picket fences, schooners and sloops, carousels and striped awnings, quaint verandahs, window boxes bursting with blossoms, and that first warm spring afternoon at the flower market.

Landry’s paintings have a loyal and growing audience because they celebrate the spirit of life and bring back memories of halcyon days.