Gerald Hunt

Born: 1913

Gerald Hunt. Sculptor. Wood carver. Pabos Mills, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.

Born in Pabos-Mills, Quebec. Near the mouth of La Baie-des-Chaleures in Quebec;  Gerald Hunt, using ‘as found’ materials (especially found in the forest)  carved and painted the Birds, Animals and people that he saw around him. Gerald Hunt liked to work with the natural shapes that he saw in ‘as found’ branches and tree trunks. His nephew is the artist Honore Hunt; also from Pabos Mills. (See entry for him.)

Ref: Un Art Pas Si Bete. Cecile Gelinas, Musee de la Gaspesie, Quebec, 1993.