Claude Lamontagne. Sculptor. Bird Carver. St. Gilles, Quebec. Active after late 1970’s -.
Born in Charny, Quebec in 1939; Claude Lamontagne is a carver of Birds; especially those found in Quebec. He is considered by many to be one of the best living bird carvers in Quebec. Claude Lamontagne has been carving for about 30 years. He seems to capture something quite magical in small pieces of Pine. He works with old – even antique – salvaged Pine and uses ‘as found’ colors to create his carvings. His bird mounts are sometimes works of art themselves- he once found an old ball of wire when walking an old fence line near where he lived. He brought it home and mounted several Nuthatches on this old rusty ball of left-over fence wire and created something quite spectacular.
M. Lamontagne sometimes makes small animal carvings; he will make a Porcupine occasionally and carvings of Horses.
His work:
A pair of Starlings:
Claude Lamontagne. Carver. St. Gilles Quebec. Starlings.
Claude Lamontagne at play some years back:
Claude Lamontagne. Carver. St. Gilles Quebec.
