Untitled, moored boats, watercolour on paper, signed lower left, 12 1/2" H, 16 1/2" W. Mary Marguerite Porter Zwicker was born in Pleasant Valley, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She traveled to the US to study privately with Hans Hofmann. In 1937, she married a fellow art student, Leroy Zwicker. Zwicker taught painting at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and eventually led art and social tours in Spain, Italy and Portugal. She was a member of the Nova Scotia Society of Artists. The Zwickers offered a private donation of $4 million in support of the conservation and exhibit of the home of folk art artist Maud Lewis.