Clement Pelletier. Sculptor. Flat-plane carver. Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th c.
Before 1940, boys born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli went into the church or the bush or went to sea. But after 1950 there was another option; learning flat-plane carving from the Bourgault family. In 1965 Clement Pelletier began learning woodcarving under Jean-Julien Bourgault. Like his brother he focused on carving Quebec figures and relief carvings of Quebec traditional scenes. An example of his carving is shown.
A relief carving of a fiddler (forgive the quality – a temporary one):
Clement Pelletier. SJPJ, Qc.
