"I wanted to capture all the joy and charm of an old-fashioned Christmas. Quickly, my mind traveled to one of my favorite places, Cape Cod. I've visited the Cape in just about every season but winter. Using my experiences as reference, I wondered just what a Christmas on Cape Cod would look like. The result is this work that I hope will extend the feeling of the holiday season to all the seasons year 'round."

“In my paintings, I want to hit every emotion I can―from the sublime to the silly,” Charles Wysocki said. The love of life, with all its wit and wisdom, poetry and emotion, sights and sensations, is captured in his paintings. “There is a simple message in my work,” Wysocki said, “and it is love.”
Daddy’s Coming Home tells a universal, yet deeply intimate and emotional story. We all have shared the same feeling, whether it is at the end of the day, the end of a business trip or even deployment overseas: the anticipation of seeing your father again.
“I am a devout admirer of the artist Winslow Homer,” said the artist. “He has always been an inspiration to me. He did a painting titled Dad’s Coming. It featured a mother holding a baby and a young lad sitting on a small boat―all at water’s edge, looking out to sea. I was so moved by this work that I decided to do my own version of the same story.”

_Foodies and Feline fans, are ready for your Puffed Mice, Spacatti and Moth Balls and a little Catfish Chowder? Well then, Ethel the Gourmet is a work of art for you! Ethel is snuggled in among her forty-plus favorite recipes, spices and snacks. Can you find them all? Are you up for the challenge? If you do, then you’re the Cat’s Meow!

Uncle Tom’s Instant Long Grain Wild Mice -Tabby Teasers: Recipes With Catnip -Admiral Bird Smoked Herring (pickled in Bangor Beetle Brine)
Puffed Mice-Cateloni’s Pure Ground Spiced Mice-Corporate Fats Cats: A Summary on the Saleability of Canned Rats-Pussy Willow Catprika
Bird’s Nest Jelly Beans-Spay Poupon Dijon Mustard-Wallowing in Garbage: Trashy Cuisine Tales-Monarch Poultry Seasoning (Made in Catalina)
Bugs, Bees and Butterflies-Mouseland Island Salad Dressing (by Puss C. Footing Inc.)-Mice Pudding-French’s Song Restorer
Bottled Slugs-Bye Bye Birdie Pie: 4 and 20 recipes-Out of the Backyard and on to the Spit: Little Critter Fritters-Mice-Kababs and other Crispy Turnovers
Four Star Fish Ponds-Spacatti and Moth Balls-Hep Cat Mineral Water-Alley Hopping Recipes with the Ratskiller Family-Flabby Tabby Diet Mix
Sour Puss Pickles-The Purr-Fect Chocolate Mouse-Catfish Chowder-Catskill Catsup-Picky Mouse: Finicky Recipes-Old Tom Seasoned Crows Feet
Fricasse of Deloused Mouse-Fraidy Cat Barbeque Starter-The Original Boston Wharf-Gourmet Extra-Long Rat Tail-Mouse Radish-Shoofly Fly Killer and Pie Filler
Hartz Mountain Song Food-Me-Ow Tuna Catserol Mix-Ginger Snaps Fast Food All-Nite Diner-Salt and Pepper Shakers-3 Wined Mice (marinated in grape juice)
Mister Dynamite Hairball Release-Preparing the Canary for Cupcakes-Blintzes, Cream Puffs, Cobblers, etc.-Krispy Krispies-Tweeties

Ethel the Gourmet is sister to Frederick the Literate. They are named after Fred and Ethel Mertz, the neighbors, friends and landlords of the Ricardo’s on the long-running television show I Love Lucy. These siblings may have come from the same litter, but clearly parted company on their way to adulthood. Whereas Frederick likes to nap in the library surrounded by the comfort of big ideas, Ethel has been busy in the kitchen. “No matter what happens,” said the artist Charles Wysocki, “Ethel is there. You bring the groceries home, she’s in the bag. You bring home clothes, she’s in the box. Whatever you bring home, she thinks it’s for her!”
This feast for foodies and feline fans has a home in your kitchen. We think you’ll find Ethel the Gourmet the cat’s meow. And, if you were lucky enough to get the Frederick the Literate canvas before it is sold out, then Ethel the Gourmet is the purr-fect companion (Frederick the Literate is Sold Out at Publisher but your Authorized Dealer may still have one so contact them to make a set.)
Order one for yourself and a feline-loving friend before Ethel runs off for good.
So while Frederick catnaps in his dream den, Ethel reigns over her dream pantry with every cat’s favorite food on the shelves: Puffed Mice cereal, Three Wined Mice Pickled in Grape Juice and Uncle Tom’s Instant Long Grain Wild Mice. And that’s just the rodent menu. Ethel also has fish and birds on the brain with Catfish Chowder and Seasoned Crow’s Feet for starters.

No one created a warmer winter scene than Charles Wysocki with his carefree and fantastic days as captured with a child’s eyes. Unlike Salty Witch Bay, Hickoryhaven Canal has real roots in Wysocki’s past. The memory was compliments of an uncle Charles who would visit in a cabin on the lake in upper Michigan, an area called Houghton Lake.
When the snow fell and a canal behind the cabin froze over, the community would embrace the opportunity to enjoy winter at its finest. “Skating on the canal,” Charles recalled, “became a party from early morning until nightfall. People sang, played instruments, built fires, sold goodies and were obviously having a good time.” It was the perfect place to pass happy hours on a cold winter’s day.
Winter is a time of warm and pleasant memories, and our Anniversary Editions of Hickoryhaven Canal will provide them year ‘round. Brilliant and dazzling at 30" by 40," our Masterwork™ Edition matches the size of the original painting. Our traditional Fine Art Edition of 24" x 18" will fit a smaller space just right. Hickoryhaven Canal is that perfect spot that exists in everyone’s imagination bought to life on canvas by Charles Wysocki.