Equipped with a headlamp, Humberto Pinochet shuffled through the mud in what used to be his quiet — and dry— art studio nestled next to the Rivière du Gouffre in Baie-Saint-Paul, Que.
A Chilean-born artist who has called the Charlevoix region home for 27 years, Pinochet pointed to a photo of him painting when he was a boy, his mother looking over his shoulder.
“My mother was an artist and at the age of nine years I won my first contest,” said Pinochet. He says his Quebec property has been part of his inspiration, located near the downtown core of an area known for
