The town of Lunenburg and the Lunenburg Art Gallery proudly present digital images of selected works by Earl Bailly. A son of the town, Earl was severely crippled as a child by polio, yet lived a wonderfully happy and productive life. Spurred by an unquenchable love of the sea, nature, and the fishing life of his community, he learned to paint with a brush clenched in his teeth, developing the remarkable talent exhibited here.

Determined to live life fully, Earl travelled widely, assisted by his brother Don. He loved to sail in his small boat, lashed into a custom harness of his own design. He exhibited in major cities in Canada and the United States, and sailed to the Chicago World Fair in 1933 in Lunenburg's famous schooner Bluenose. In Bermuda, Earl found fresh subjects, where the Eugene Outerbridge family opened a gallery to display his works exclusively.

A number of Earl's paintings were acquired by Hazen Meldrum, who later donated them to the town of Lunenburg and to the Lunenburg Art Gallery. Original paintings can be viewed in the gallery, in the Lunenburg Library, and in the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.