Benoi DESCHÊNES, wood carver,from St-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec

<BODY TEXT="#000000" LINK="#CC0428" VLINK="#5511CC" ALINK="#00BB00" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="600"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="70" ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> <TD WIDTH="235" ALIGN=CENTER>In sculpture,<BR>his favorite material is wood. <BR></TD> <TD WIDTH="195" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="../../images/decorgouge2.JPG" WIDTH="140" HEIGHT="106" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="82" ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="../../images/chaireter.JPG" WIDTH="232" HEIGHT="260" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><BR><BR><BR> From miniature to monumental carving, <BR>sometimes more than two meters high,<BR>he realizes sculptures in the round and murals in low and high-relief. <BR></TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="105" ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" ALIGN=CENTER><BR> He also works in clay and produces <BR>art works in fibreglass or in bronze.<BR><BR> His production is large. <BR>Among others, we can find it in Canada,<BR> United States, Europe, Africa, Japan and Australia.<BR><BR><BR><BR> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="../../images/decorfigure.JPG" WIDTH="80" HEIGHT="100" BORDER=0></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" ALIGN=CENTER></TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="1"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="dessins/ligneorange.gif" WIDTH="450" HEIGHT="2" BORDER=0></TD> </TR> </TABLE><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="1"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="600" ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#336633"><B>Here you will find a sample, <BR>quite representative of the work that he has done.</B></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="1"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="200" ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=TOP><BR><BR> <BR><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000">If you click on the icon, <BR>you will 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