Husband of Maud Lewis, Everett worked as a farm labourer and fish peddler in his early years. After marrying Maud Dowley, he went to work as a night watchman at the Marshalltown Poor Farm. After his retirement he took up painting maritime scenes, landscapes with animals and other subjects. He was killed by an intruder in 1979.

Ref: Marie Ellwood, Folk Art of Nova Scotia (1976); Kobayashi/Bird - A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985); Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

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