Adventurer. Artist. Reader. Treasure hunter. Born Sept. 13, 1948, in Claresholm, Alta; died April 12, 2023, in North Bay, Ont., after a sudden illness; aged 74
Lawrence Ewald Lang was a thing-finder, someone who saw potential in the mundane and beauty in the oft-overlooked.
My stepfather wasn’t much of a talker. But those who knew him admired his keen appreciation of the world around him. He would spot the shadow of a tiny owl tucked in our lilac bush at night, or notice a burl in a birch branch and then carve it into a smooth hand clutching an orb, atop a walking stick. He was precise and measured in his work, and he was particular. From the way he wore his wispy ponytail, to how he oiled his work boots, there was nothing slapdash about the way he lived.
Back in Canada, he went to drafting school, which complemented the clean precise lines of his life, and later his art. He moved to Northern Ontario, got a farm by the train tracks and ended up with 75 goats and even more rabbits. I was six when my mom, June Keevil, met this man who cooked lemony rabbit and made pungent goat cheese.
Mr. Lang travelled to Siwa Oasis in Egypt in 2008, during the first of what became many family trips overseas.On the West Coast, my parents bought a run-down old rooming house and transformed it into a home that won first place on the heritage circuit for its intricate attention to detail inside and out. The house was restored using salvaged materials gleaned by my stepfather who would steal into demolition sites with a crowbar rescuing stained-glass windows, carved mouldings and brass fixtures.
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