Lucien C. Proulx, Sculptor

  Art, another way of seeing the world.   Basswood, spruce, cotton rope, plastic, metal, dye, acrylic, paint, varnish 60.96 x 71.62 x 45.72 cm. 2024.  'Visual art is a powerful medium of communication and artistic expression that offers artists and viewers a multitude of opportunities to explore, create and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us. (…) It invites us to see the world differently and to connect in a deep way with the emotions and ideas of the artists." Virginie, artist painter Peinture par numéro website 2024 Art, another way of seeing the world $400 CAD   / Delivery costs extra, please  contact us . Certificate of authenticity and legal receipt with Quebec company number incl. SC2406

  Tree Man Linden, driftwood, stain, varnish  45.72 X 50.18 x 25.4 cm Sculpture inspired by a photo montage by Antonio Mora.   SC2103 .  $250 CAD   / Delivery costs extra, please  contact us . Certificate of authenticity and legal receipt with Quebec company number incl.

Fraud Beach Basswood, pine base, central metal pivot, stain, varnish 36.83 x 30.48 x 22.86 cm.    2024 According to the AMF (Financial Markets Authority- Quebec), we are all, without discrimination, potential targets for fraudsters. However, because of the wealth they may have accumulated and, in some cases, their vulnerability, seniors can be prime targets for fraud sharks. Financial proposals, romance scams, phishing e-mails, fraudulent phone calls and more. There's no stopping these devious sharks in their search for prey, especially vulnerable seniors. Fraud Beach $300 CAD   / Delivery costs extra, please  contact us . Certificate of authenticity and legal receipt with Quebec company number incl. SC2403

  Aghate, the Great Bear Basswood, canvas, bamboo base, metal stand, stain, varnish 53.34 x 33.02 x 53.34 cm.  2024   "I am Makousham , the bear who had to eat everything in one meal, the thanksgiving, dance, drum of the great communion, chief's stole, shaman's cloak, I died so that you might live so that your family might live. I was "little grandfather", and "little grandmother", on the path of all rebirths. The truth was in the fat, in the deep sleep, in the strength of the black bear, the power of dreams and spirit.5" Serge Bouchard, Anthropologist This is a tribute to my grandmother Agathe, called the Montagnaise (Innu), born of unknown parents. She was baptized under Agathe La Paroisse (parish) with the mention Montagnaise on January 28, 1784, in La Malbaie. She was adopted by Ignace Gagné and Geneviève Lavoie. She took the Gagné name in 1809.  At 17 years old, she married Bernard Boulianne, my ancestor, and had 8 children, including Vita

  Resilience Basswood, pine base, metal support and spindle, burnt-wood technique, paint, varnish 83.36 x 27.94 x43.18 cm.  2024   "Resilience is a person's ability to develop and continue to project themselves into the future in the face of destabilizing events, difficult living conditions, and sometimes severe trauma." ~ Michel Manciaux This body aspiring to deliverance ends up breaking its bonds (figuring in the hard knocks of life.) It thus marks its refusal to abstain from passive resignation. Resilience $1,900 CAD   / Delivery costs extra, please  contact us . Certificate of authenticity and legal receipt with Quebec company number incl. SC2401

To Be versus To Appear Basswood, hemlock, stain, varnish 76.2 x 15.24 x 15.24 cm. 2023   "Whatever care a man takes to disguise himself, his natural nature sooner or later makes him appear as he is." Étienne François de VERNAGE - Maximes et réflexions (1690). Between the appearances of what we show and the truth of what we are, here lies the ambiguity between Being and Appearance. This incomplete skin covering the face is the Appearance. It's a disguise, a mirage or illusion of the truth about who we really are. It's a way of hiding from others what we don't accept about ourselves, our shortcomings that give rise to our unhappiness. In this way, our daily lives become a masked ball, with everyone hiding behind a function, a character trait or a fashion. This head made of planks symbolizes the Being under construction. Indeed, the Being suffers from having an imprecise definition of itself, since it is constructed through self-experience, and is always in the proce