Gerard Turcotte. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Sauveur, Quebec. Active 1960’s – .
After working at the Davies Shipyard, Gerard Turcotte opened a grocery store on Dorchester Street and here in his spare time he began making miniature models of horse-drawn equipment of every kind. Transport, farm, recreation, sleighs and buggies. All interested him. He worked with wood, metal where it was used and leather for the harness, collars and bridles. Every one of them was to scale and he would spend at least forty hours on each one. While his models were horse drawn; he never made horses for them. He made over 200 miniatures and they were on display in his store. There is no note of his having signed his work.
Ref: Jean Simard, Pour Passer Le Temps: Artistes Populaires Du Quebec, Gouvernement du Quebec, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1985.
