Christmas with the Rural Mail BB

Lance Woolaver is an author, playwright, and director who has published several works about Maud Lewis,
including the Christmas with Maud Lewis and The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis, as well as the play World
Without Shadows.

Maud Lewis (1903-1970) is one of Canada's most celebrated folk artists. Though she lived in conditions of
abject poverty and was crippled by severe arthritis, her creative imagination soared above these
difficult circumstances. Sitting by the window of her tiny house near Digby, Nova Scotia, Lewis painted
sunny scenes of idyllic rural life, filled with brilliant colours, gentle animals, and cheerful
domesticity.