The Ingenious: From Miniature to "Larger Than Life"

Albert Deveau was born and raised in the Madawaska region. Born in 1945, he spent most of his childhood in Saint-Léonard, where he excels in sketching and sculpting, artistic expressions he really enjoyed. "I didn't like sports. I preferred drawing and sculpting; I had it in me... I had more technical abilities and I could perceive what the final product would look like, even before starting, which helps a lot in any creative process."¹⁴

At nine years of age, he moves to Beechwood, and then to Fredericton with his family; he begins studying to become a civil engineering and then works as a land surveyor, construction project supervisor and project manager. He then visits the 1967 Expo in Montreal and later settles in Iroquois in 1969, where he still lives today. He finally works for several companies, and for himself. Ultimately, in 1998, he transforms his part time creative hobby into a full time job.