Thérèse D'Amour was born on August 20, 1921, at Matapédia, in Québec’s Gaspé region. She remained in the province for more than 50 years, eventually, returning to university and earning a B.Sc. and Masters degree in Bioengineering. Despite excelling at science, D’Amour would say her preference was to be a painter. She began drawing in elementary school and would continue to paint throughout her lifetime. Although lacking formal art education, she took several art classes with noted painters, including Jacques Hébert. In 1978, D'Amour moved to St. Andrews By-the-Sea in New Brunswick. Six years later, in 1984, she moved to western Prince Edward Island where she remained until her death at age 92. D'Amour died in O’Leary, P.E.I., on December 23, 2013.

The Studio Shop in Provincetown, Massachusetts, was established in 1955 by Laura Easley and later run by the artist Jim Forsberg, who designed its palette-shaped logo. It was where artists found the supplies they needed in town. “Thanks to Forsberg’s thriftiness, the shop had a look all of its own,” Peter Manso wrote in Ptown, “with shelves made out of old, warped stretchers and woodwork in a variety of colors as the painter-owner used up unsold tubes of paint. There was an amazing inventory for such a small store, and Forsberg would extend credit to artists who couldn’t pay. Everybody went to the Studio Shop.” The store lasted into the early 1990s.

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