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1997-01
Australian Sand stone
24cm x 25cm x 15cm,  7 kilograms
9 ½’’ x 10’’ x 6’’, 15 pounds

2016-03
Easter Township marble
23cm x 36cm x 16cm,  40 kilograms
9’’ x 14’’ x 6.5’’, 66 pounds

2015-02
Laurentian granite
20cm x 23cm x 20cm, 20 kilograms
11″x 9″ x 8″, 44 pounds

2011-01
Montreal cobble stone
25cm x 12cm x 10cm, 10 kilograms
10″ x 5″ x 4″, 22 pounds

1998-04
Australian sand stone
43cm x 35cm x 32cm, 35 kilograms
17″ x 14″ x 9″, 77 pounds

Although I had worked with metal, glass, and wood for years, on a trip to Australia several years ago I began to work with sand stone. I made 14 sculptures in the 22 months that I lived there. It was easy to find the sand stone and easier to carve than the granite or marble that we have here in Québec.

I like physical work. I like the strength and resistance of the stones, and how they can be ruff and smooth.

I start by taking off what is not solid. And then, according to what shape is left, I elaborate on it. Even though many sculptures have a figurative feel to them, I try to keep away from recognizable figurative work. I work with abstraction. It’s like a dialogue with the stone, and the result depends upon how the stone reacts to my hammer and chisel.

Each piece is different, each rock is different, and many of the stones I use are field stones, gathered by farmers in their fields in what was called the Sea of Champlain. The sizes may differ from one to the other, but for now they always stay within the limits of what I can carry personally.