Port Dalhousie Carousel - Knightly Horse (Oil)

In 1990 I was approached by the City of St. Catharines through the St. Catharines Art Association to organize a painting project to repaint the Port Dalhousie Carousel.  I called in my friend Pat to help organize the project with her daughter Jill creating a video of our project.  I painted about 5 animals including the Lion.   The Lakeside Park Carousel in Port Dalhousie is a Charles Looff original, carved between 1898 and 1905 in Brooklyn, New York. The carousel came to St. Catharines in 1921, from its earlier home in Hanlan?s Point, Scarborough Beach in Toronto.  It was purchased to be a part of the amusement park flourishing in Port Dalhousie, and was one of 58 attractions in the park.  The Lakeside Park Carousel has 68 animals, in 4 rows.