Wayne Maloney and Michelle Penney Rowe were all smiles after being reunited with some of their artwork that had been missing for years. (Elizabeth Whitten/CBC News) Two artists separated for years from artwork that was once for sale at a now-defunct upscale inn have been reunited with their canvases — but some pieces are still missing. Wayne Maloney and Michelle Penney Rowe hung their artwork on the walls of the Doctor's House Inn & Spa, a well-known destination inn in Newfoundland's Trinity Bay.
Their pieces were for sale on consignment, but earlier this month they told CBC News that when the inn was shuttered, their artwork went missing . Just two weeks after a CBC News report on the missing artwork, some of the missing pieces have now been returned, with one artist acting as a courier for the other. "Two days ago I was very happily surprised to find a package in the mail that contained something very valuable that belonged to him.
So I had to make sure that [Maloney] got it," Penney Rowe told CBC News. WATCH | The moment Wayne Maloney sees his missing art for the first time in years: Maloney's reunion with his artwork took place at the Stone Ducky restaurant in Bay Bulls, where he was hosting a pop-up art show on Friday. Penney Rowe made the 90-kilometre drive from Carbonear to return his artwork during the event, something she called an "important mission.
" Maloney now has two of his missing five paintings back: one of Peter's River and the other of Tors Cove. "It's exc.