Rejean Tanguay

Born: 1956

Rejean Tanguay. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Pointe Lebel, Quebec. Active 1995- .

Rejean Tanguay works with ‘as found’ Materials -drift wood, moose and deer antlers and stone. He makes carvings and sculptures of animals of the area. He rarely uses colours, letting the wood tones and grains speak for themselves. He signs his work.

 

 

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.

Carmel Talbot

Born: 1919

Carmel Talbot. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Thetford-Mines, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century. Carmel Talbot made naive carvings of people, animals, birds and fish. Simetimes painted and sometimes varnished. He usually signed; in script or with a stamp.

 

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.

Normand Simard

Born: 1945

Normand Simard. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Baie-Saint-Paul, Les Eboulements, Quebec. Active late 20th century- .

Normand Simard makes sculptures using ‘as found’ materials. He has a studio/gallery at Les Eboulements where he works and displays. His subjects are people, ducks, and birds-wild and domestic. He also uses stone and ‘found’ driftwood to make other works of imagination including models of the houses found along that St. Lawrence shore. He signs his work in script.

 

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.

Bertrand Saint-Pierre

Born: 1933

Bertrand Saint-Pierre. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Saint-Aime-des-Lacs, Quebec. Active mid to late 20th century.

Bertrand Saint-Pierre made naive carvings of people and animals. He used primary colours and worked in Pine. Bertrand Saint-Pierre’s work was charming – he didn’t hesitate to pain a horse bright red. His work is not often found. M. Saint-Pierre sold  in local markets and along the highway in Charlevoix County. His work was usually signed.

 

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.

Jack Walker

Born: 1957

Jack Walker. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Bolton-Ouest, Quebec. Active late 20th century.

Jack Walker is mentioned in Levasseur’s second book of Quebec outsider artists with a picture of a weather-vane in the form of a very ‘toothy’ fish. It is in the author’s collection.

 

Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And:  Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.