Chris Warburton Hulme Art
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Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia · Squarespace shop · cwhulmeart.com
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Chris Warburton Hulme builds one-off mixed-media collages on 1.5-inch wood panel out of acrylic paint, hand-painted acid-free collage paper, paint markers and permanent markers, priced $75 to $520, and turns the same images into $25 signed 8-by-8 art prints, $15 lined notebooks, $9 greeting cards, $4 paper bookmarks and $6 stickers.
Sorry, it’s not going to the U.S. anymore. It’s stayin’ in CanadaSource: cbc.ca, Sep 4, 2026
Her original mixed-media collages sit under HTS 9701.99.00, the signed art prints under 4911.91.40 and the lined notebooks under 4820.10.20, all three on the CBP Section 338 list carrying a 50% duty since August 22, 2026. About half her customers were American. She told CBC News on September 4, 2026 that she has stopped shipping south of the border altogether and is registering for more Nova Scotia craft shows instead.
In their own words
Sorry, it’s not going to the U.S. anymore. It’s stayin’ in Canada
Chris Warburton Hulme, quoted by Celina Aalders, CBC News · cbc.ca, Sep 4, 2026
She tells CBC she has stopped shipping her work to the United States, even though about half her customers were American.
It’s original artwork. It should be free speech. It should be freedom of expression. And to tariff that … it restricts everything that an artist should be able to do.
Chris Warburton Hulme, quoted by Celina Aalders, CBC News · cbc.ca, Sep 4, 2026
Her reason for pulling out of the US market is a matter of principle about what a duty on original art does to an artist.
Sometimes they can’t afford a $300 piece of art, but they can afford a $10 card.
Chris Warburton Hulme, quoted by Celina Aalders, CBC News · cbc.ca, Sep 4, 2026
She is turning toward Canadian buyers and the cheaper end of her own catalogue to replace the lost American sales.
Back in March 2025 when Donald decided to start bullying Canada, the country united behind the Elbows Up! rallying cry which originates from hockey legend Gordie Howe ("Mr. Elbows"…you know, that guy we named the bridge after?) Of course I had to make some art.
Chris Warburton Hulme · cwhulmeart.com
On her own site she explains the four-canvas Elbows Up! piece she made in response to the trade war, which sold at Argyle Fine Art in Halifax on September 5, 2026.
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Made in Canada
She makes every piece herself at home in Eastern Passage: "I am an acrylics and mixed media artist living my best art life on the East Coast of Canada in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia", and, on where the work gets made, "My studio is my dining room. We never eat in the dining room anyway."
On the tariff list
- HTS 9701.99.00 · Paintings, drawings and pastels executed entirely by hand; collages, mosaics and similar decorative plaques, other · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
Every original in her shop is described on its product page as "100% Original Mixed Media Collage" made from "Acrylic paint, hand painted acid free collage paper, paint markers, permanent markers" on a wood panel. Hand-made collages fall under HTS 9701.99.00 on the CBP Section 338 list.
- HTS 4911.91.40 · Pictures, designs and photographs, printed not over 20 years at time of importation · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
Her Art Prints section sells reproductions of her own paintings — "8×8 inch art print of the original art", "Signed on back in pencil", $25 each. Printed pictures under 20 years old fall under HTS 4911.91.40 on the CBP Section 338 list.
- HTS 4820.10.20 · Diaries, notebooks and address books, bound; memorandum pads, letter pads and similar articles · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The Notebooks section — headed "For All Your Rage-Writing Needs" — sells $15 bound notebooks with "Art on front and back", "Blank lined pages" and "Measures: 5.5 inches x 8.5 inches". Bound notebooks fall under HTS 4820.10.20 on the CBP Section 338 list.
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- cwhulmeart.com · accessed 2026-09-09
I am an acrylics and mixed media artist living my best art life on the East Coast of Canada in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia.
- cwhulmeart.com · accessed 2026-09-09
My studio is my dining room. We never eat in the dining room anyway.
- cwhulmeart.com · accessed 2026-09-09
I create my vibrant mixed media art using acrylic paint, original hand-painted collage papers, hand-drawn images, art collage paper, and carefully curated public domain images.
- cwhulmeart.com · accessed 2026-09-09
100% Original Mixed Media Collage
- cwhulmeart.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Acrylic paint, hand painted acid free collage paper, paint markers, permanent markers
- cwhulmeart.com · accessed 2026-09-09
8×8 inch art print of the original art
- cwhulmeart.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Blank lined pages
- cwhulmeart.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Head down to 1559 Barrington Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia to see my latest available pieces. And yes! They ship!
- cbc.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
For the mixed-media artist from Eastern Passage, N.S., that was the final straw. Despite about half of her customers being American, she will no longer ship her pieces south of the border.
- cbc.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
The new tariffs apply to a range of Canadian art, including paintings, drawings, collages, decorative plaques, engravings, prints, sculptures and more.
- content.govdelivery.com · accessed 2026-09-09
9701.99.00