Visual Artist Dorothy Thibodeau, an Acadian from the "French Shore", is best known for her portraits of animals, houses and boats and her  still life seashell paintings. Her paintings in watercolour, acrylic and pastels can be seen at her gallery situated at 384 Patrice Road in  Church Point, Nova Scotia, at the Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery on Water Street, Yarmouth from May to October, and at the Grou Tyme Acadian Festival, Halifax, N.S.