Odessa Belisle. Sculptor. Wood carver. Saint-Antoine, Quebec. Active mid-20th Century.
Odessa Belisle was a maker of Horse drawn farm wagons. He made carvings of the farm wagons and horse-drawn implements seen around a farm in 19th century Quebec. His equipment and harnessing was accurate and complete; from axes and cant hooks on the logging sleds to the family dog running alongside. Odessa Belisle worked with Pine wood, metal, leather and bright ‘as found’ oil based house paints. He usually signed his work in script with a pen on the bottom of the carvings: ‘Odessa Belisle, 1475 Rte 41, St. Antoine, Que.”
Here is a detail from one of Odessa Belisle’s carvings. Loading a sled with firewood (1960’s):
Odessa Belisle. Sculptor. St. Antoine, Quebec. Sleigh Carving detail.
A sleigh with a load of wood by Odessa Belisle:
Odessa Belisle. St-Antoine, QC. Carving of a Sled.
