Anny Scoones on her mother, the war artist

Molly Lamb Bobak was the first woman to travel overseas as an official Canadian war artist. For a time, she lived on the West Coast with her husband, fellow artist Bruno Bobak, and later settled in Fredericton. She died in 2014 at the age of 92. Her daughter Anny Scoones collected personal stories about her mother for the book Last Dance in Shediac: Memories of Mum, Molly Lamb Bobak. This interview originally aired on March 21, 2016.

As I grew up, our home was full of art from both parents. This was in the '60s and '70s, and I remember that Mum's paintings were absolutely teeming with energy. She was producing these huge oils of parades, graduation ceremonies, celebrations where the Queen would come to New Brunswick. Our rooms were full of these massive, energetic, moving paintings.

Much of her work from during the war captured life behind the scenes, in the barracks and in training, and that's a piece of history that is rarely documented. I think she made an enormous contribution to this country, as did the other war artists. She was the only woman war artist in the country who actually went through basic training. It was rare and special, and it was a very important part of our country's development, in art and in history.

Anny Scoones' comments have been edited and condensed.