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East Point
East Point
Title: East Point United Baptist Church, PEI (2003)
Artist: Morag Weatherston (Gainer)
Image Size: 3 1/2” x 5 3/8” (8.9x 13.7 cm)
Description: Watercolor painting. Matted to fit a standard 8” x 10” frame.
Morag Weatherston studied art at Edinburgh College of Art (1964-68) in Scotland, specializing in mural design and tapestry weaving. Following school emigrated to Canada. For a time, she taught art in New Brunswick, before relocating to Prince Edward Island in 1991.
The East Point United Baptist Church, now known as Kingsboro Baptist Church, first came to life in 1832. The building depicted in this image is the third built by the congregation. It was erected in 1903. The building served the congregation for a century. It was replaced with a new building in 2005.