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Orel LeBoeuf

Orel LeBoeuf (1886 - 1968) was active/lived in Quebec / Canada.  Orel LeBoeuf is known for Decoy carving.

Orel LeBoeuf (1886 -1968) St. Anicet, Quebec 

Orel LeBoeuf worked as a lather for a construction company. When business slowed down in the fall, LeBoeuf took his hunting equipment to a nearby island and did not return until he had shot two or three hundred birds. At twelve years of age, LeBoeuf carved his first birds (Kangas, Survey 130). When he started to carve seriously, he made cedar lures for his own use. His own early decoys were heavy and solid with flat oval bottoms and external lead weights for use on the vast S10 Lawrence River. These birds lack the extensive, detailed carving that marks LeBoeuf s later works.

Over the years, LeBoeuf made constant improvements, relief carving feathers with a drawknife and incising individual quills with a penknife. He also detailed both the top and bottom sides of the bills. LeBoeuf painted each decoy, employing the same attention to detail involved in the carving process. He refused to buy paint until the pigments settled   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1622 characters.]  Artist bio

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