Canadian Folk Art and Outsider Art
H. L. Larochelle. Sculptor, Woodcarver. Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec. Active mid-20th century.
His mark is seen on two applied relief carvings, one of three Gulls on a rock cliff over looking the sea and the other of Gulls and Perce Rock. Signed and dating from about 1960.
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REF: Collection of Mark Zannis.
J. P. Desbiens. Sculptor. Woodcarver. St.-Jean-Port-Joli, QC. Active 1960’s-70’s.
Flat-plane woodcarvings have been found with the mark of J. P. Desbiens carved with a chisel and the reverse marked with the stamp of the Atelier Marcel Guay. An example is shown below.
A profile carving of a man in a slice of wood with the bark on:
J.P. Desbiens. St. Jean Port Joli, QC.
The Mark of J. P. Desbiens:
J. P. Desbiens. Mark.
The Mark of the Atelier Marcel Guay:
Mark of Guay studio.
Michel Mercier. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Quebec City. Active c. 2000 – .
Michel Mercier makes very finely carved and finished scenes with people and animals. Scenes such as Noah’s Ark. He carves in great detail and his work is beautifully colored. He exhibits his work at Folk Art Festivals around Quebec.
Ref: Adrien Levasseur. Website. And: Sculpteurs en Art Populaire au Quebec, Editions GID, Quebec. 2012.
Sylvie Michaud. Sculptor. Riviere-au-Tonnerre (on Quebec’s Lower North Shore), Quebec. Active.
Sylvie Michaud makes sculptures from “as found materials’ – materials gathered along the shores of the Gulf of Saint-Lawrence. From drift wood, shells, bones and feathers – the artist creates sculptures such as the one shown below.
L’art Trouve. A sculpture by Sylvie Michaud (of wood, shells and feathers, etc.):
Sylvie Michaud. The Medecine man.
Luce Levesque. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Kamouraska, Quebec. Active circa 2015 – .
Luce Levesque makes painted naive sculptures of people ‘at their lives’. Her carvings are full of humor and feeling. Luce Levesque works with ‘as found’ materials. She signs her work and often shows at exhibitions. At the Museum of Civilization at Quebec among others. She has appeared in Magazin’Art (Fall 2018).
The artist Luce Levesque with her work:
Luce Levesque. As Found People.
Luce Levesque. The Owl:
Luce Levesque. ‘As found’ Owl.
I am correcting the original entry with a wonderful symbol of ‘As Found’ work. The artist has taken old, well used, ‘as found’ material and created something entirely new. And in this case – ‘Wisdom’.
