Roger Ouellet. Sculptor. Charlevoix, Quebec. Active 1960’s – .
Self-taught in every respect, Roger Ouellet was a ‘patenteux’* who decorated his home, his yard and his life with his creations. He sculpted in cement, stone, plaster, metal, plastic, glass and paint. He made a bread oven in his yard in the shape of a Moose (using ‘as found’ real antlers and concrete). He carved a marquetry ceiling in his kitchen out of small wooden squares. His home and yard was his ‘canvas’ and his available ‘materials’ were never ending. He carved anything carvable from tree trunks to pine cones. He never signed his works.
* A ‘patenteux’ is someone who makes ‘thingamajigs’.
Ref: Jean Simard, Pour Passer Le Temps: Artistes Populaires Du Quebec, Gouvernement du Quebec, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles. 1985.
