Liane Abrieu. Painter. Montreal, Quebec. Active 1980’s.

Liane Abrieu is an outsider artist known for her naive abstract/metaphysical paintings.  She is cited in Boulizon.*

*Ref: G. Boulizon, Y. Daigle and A-M. Bost, Ces Peintres du Quebec et de L’Acadie. Ville Saint-Laurent.Editions du Trecarre. (1989).

Ref:Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

Wendy Doyon. Sculptor. Saint-Philibert, Beauce, Quebec. Active late 20th century – .

Originally from British Columbia; Wendy Doyon settled in the Beauce in 1972. She makes sculptures of animals in papier mache and in her later works they have glass eyes.  They are always coloured and signed ‘Doyon’.

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

Marcel Desharnais. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Val D’Or, Quebec. Active late 20th century.

Marcel Desharnais carved farm animals mostly. Usually but not always painted. He signed his work.

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

Alain Cummings. Sculptor. Fatima, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. Active late 20th century – .

Alain Cummings makes sculptures of Water fowl and Shore birds in ‘papier-mache’. They are beautifully painted and mounted on driftwood. He always signs his work. He is also known for his carvings in stone.

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

Jacques Coulombe. Sculptor. Quebec City, Quebec. Active mid-1960’s – .

An Outsider artist, Jacques Coulombe describes himself as self-taught. He works mainly in metals – iron, steel and aluminum, as well as Plexiglas, polyester resin, concrete and wood. His work is Modernist in nature and he specializes in installations. Jacques Coulombe was a founding member of ‘La Chambre Blanche’ in Quebec City (1978).

An article with an example of his work on The Historical Dictionary of Quebec Sculpture website:

http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/en/artistes/coulombe-jacques-1941/

Ref: Historical Dictionary of Quebec Sculpture in the 20th Century. http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/en/artistes/alary-zenon-1894-1974/