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11 drawings : paper and watercolour ; 56 x 38 cm
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The daughter of academic parents, Nancy-Lou Patterson was born in 1929 in Worcester, Mass. She received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Washington in 1951, afterwards working for two years as a scientific illustrator at the University of Kansas and at the Smithsonian and then for nine years as a lecturer at Seattle University.
In 1962 she moved to the Waterloo Region with her husband, Dr. E Palmer Patterson, who was to teach at the University of Waterloo. In addition to her position as Director of Art and Curator of the University's art gallery, in 1966 Professor Patterson taught the University of Waterloo's first Fine Arts course, and in 1968 she founded the Department of Fine Arts, twice serving as Department Chair.
As a scholar Nancy-Lou Patterson is well known for her writings in the area of mythopoeic art and literature, with particular focus on the works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, George MacDonald, Charles Williams and Dorothy L. Sayers. She has written extensively on the traditional arts of Swiss German and Dutch-German Mennonites of Waterloo County, and also on the art of Native Canadians. Her work includes both book and exhibition reviews, and exhibition catalogues. She has published both poetry and fiction, including her three novels Apple Staff and Silver Crown (1985), The Painted Hallway (1992), and Barricade Summer (1996). Nancy-Lou Patterson's artistic career began in 1953 when she created a mural for an Anglican Church in Kansas, and includes a series of stained glass windows designed in 1964 for Conrad Grebel Chapel at the University of Waterloo. Her liturgical commissions have involved work in textiles, stained glass, wood, metal, terra cotta, and calligraphy.
In 1993 Nancy-Lou Patterson was named "Distinguished Professor Emerita" by the University of Waterloo, and in the same year received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in recognition of "a life dedicated to expression."
Patterson died in Kitchener on October 15, 2018.
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Student portfolio created by Nancy-Lou Patterson and presented as a special art project in January 1947, possibly during her time at the University of Washington. Art project is of story The Princess and the Goblin and includes a front cover with a small illustration of a castle with mountains in the background, eleven drawings made by Patterson, and a back cover. The drawings were drawn with pencil and then coloured with watercolours. They depict moments of the story of princess Irene and her friend Curdie, with bright colours and dynamic scenes, and include subtitles with information about the section of the story to which they belong.
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- Title page "The princess and the goblins" with subtitle "Special art project / January, 1947".
- Drawing of Irene and a woman with subtitle "There, Irene, is my work for you!"
- Drawing of Irene and a woman on a balcony with subtitle "She clapped her hands with delight."
- Drawing of Irene and her nursemaid Lootie by a river with goblins in the background with subtitle "We are lost, lost!"
- Drawing of Curdie in a mine watching goblins talk with subtitle "It was a goblin-voice...there could / be no doubt about that."
- Drawing of a Curdie in a cave watching goblins talk with subtitle "One of the court was now addressing / the multitude."
- Drawing of a woman with a spinning wheel with subtitle "'Come in, Irene,' she said again."
- Drawing of Irene walking in the night with subtitle "In a moment, the clouds them- / selves parted."
- Drawing of Irene walking in a forest with subtitle "[...] bit of gossamer is!"
- Drawing of Irene and Curdie in a cave with subtitle "Curdie gave a great rush with his / shoulder."
- Drawing of a battle between humans and goblins with subtitle "Curdie burst in like a small incarnate / whirlwind."
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Page borders are fragile and brittle.
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Purchased in 2021.
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Scanned as TIF files May 2025.
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Described by CGD in 2022.
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The Princess and the Goblin - Wikipedia