Burnaby49 wrote:mufc1959 wrote:Ah the naivety ...
So they're moving into Canada. Thanks UK.
I suppose it's only fair. Much of your sovereign stupidity came from us.
I did a quick check on Crépeau. His Facebook page somewhat surprisingly shows no OPCA links aside from his affiliations to Peter of England and the WeRe Bank.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008969708495
This is what he has to say for himself:
Hello,
I was born in noranda in Quebec in 1951.
At the age of 22 years ago, I made my first sculpture of a wooden don quixote six inches in height.
This was a revelation for me because I did not know at the time that I had this talent.
This growing interest made me get out of the army to participate fully in me the sculpture on wood.
In 1976, I followed a course of wood carving in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.
Since that time, I have not ceased to interest me there.
In the spring of 2005, during a visit to the museum of Montreal, on the ancient Egypt, I was very impressed by the skill with which the Egyptians worked the stone, 3000 years before Jesus Christ. Which LED me to try the experience of the sculpture on stone.
From my first test, I was immediately fascinated by colors and the texture of this living matter.
My way of working the stone is spontaneous, without drawings or sketches.
I'm listening to and very attentive to the form of origin of the stone, I do not want to impose to him my idea but rather I seeks to know what she wants to reveal to remain the most in harmony with this fascinating world of minerals.
All the stones that I work come from my surrounding environment, around my home and surroundings.
Thank you to the gallery sea-land of bonaventure and niwan yod to expose my works to the public.
I share with you my journey in this adventure, I am finalizing my sculpture workshop on Pierre Shigawake.
Thank you for your interest,
Louis Crépeau, sculptor on Pierre
He is in a rural part of the Gaspe, with a population of just around 300;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigawake,_Quebec
He's an artist, naturally enough, and here's a portfolio of his stuff;
http://www.artmajeur.com/en/member/louis2091
Not too prominent it would seem, since all I found about him was a bit appearance in this article;
http://www.graffici.ca/dossiers/pour-am ... -art-4281/
If he and his wife are trying out WeRe cheques I assume that sculpturing is not covering the bills. Nothing in the court files I could access or CanLII. No idea where this guy came from.