Rose-Aimée Bélanger: Sculpting the Beauty of Everyday Life

Non Fiction | Art Memoir
Pub Date: October 2026
6 X 9 in |  Illustrations
Trade Paperback:  9781997529149

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How can we explain that, overnight, Rose-Aimée Bélanger, an artist from northeastern Ontario, experienced such dazzling success? Whether it is the Chuchoteuses, one of the most appreciated public works of art in the Quebec metropolis, or the Femme aux chocolats, the round bronze sculptures that she created starting in 1995 quickly earned her a loyal following nationally and internationally.

A discreet woman preferring the fertile calm of the studio to worldly affairs, Rose-Aimée Bélanger has created a generous and luminous body of work that accurately reveals the joys of everyday life. However, nothing seemed to direct this mother of a large family, wife and partner of an entrepreneur very involved in her community, to a “second” career, once the children left home. It was only in her late fifties, at the beginning of the 1980s, that she finally had the leisure to devote herself to art, having until then never had the opportunity to deepen this talent that she had demonstrated since childhood. And this is the sculpture she chose.

About the Author

Danielle Carrière-Paris A native of Ottawa, Danielle Carrière-Paris is a lawyer and was a public servant for over 35 years. Since her retirement, she has pursued her passion for writing: for over a decade, she was editor-in-chief of the online magazine Action!, published by the group Retraite en Action. She is also a writer and an editor of the magazine Le Chaînon, published by the Réseau du patrimoine franco-ontarien. She received the King Charles III's Coronation Medal, in 2025, for her contribution to the Franco-Ontarian literary scene.

Peter Feldstein is a translator and conference interpreter with over thirty years of experience. He comes to literary translation from a broad background in the sciences and the arts, approaching each new project with rigour, curiosity, and a spirit of adventure. Close collaboration with the author, editors, and publisher of a work is a central part of his method. He also specializes in translating texts in agriculture and the natural sciences. Mr. Feldstein’s published translations include Paul Émile Borduas: A Critical Biography (Governor General’s Literary Award, 2014) and People, State, and War under the French Regime in Canada (finalist, Governor General’s Literary Awards, 2021).