Nicole Deschenes Duval. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec. Active 1960’s – .
Nicole Deschenes Duval is a flat-plane woodcarver. She apprenticed at the School of Jean-Julien Bourgault in the 1960 where she developed her amazing talent and the ability to carve children. She reproduces her wood carvings in bronze and stone-dust.
Ref: A short film in French with Marcel Guay by la Société québécoise d’ethnologie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8kHd6RwIo4
There is a fine description of her time studying at Jean-Julien Bourgault’s school in St-Jean-Port-Joli and arare interesting glimpse of her days there..
