Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille tabletop curiosities or in the wood shop

or in the wood shop or studio for supplies

but there are plenty left to do the job of sweeping off the work table

with light cracking of the paint visible on arms and white belly and a few scuff marks here and there

--and all the better a little silver one

but with a little effort it still locks and unlocks great

Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille tabletop curiosities or in the wood shopWithout consciously realizing it, I have been gravitating to the work of lots of Canadians of late, and especially folk artists in and and around Quebec. This super charming green bird is the work of Yves Robitaille (b. 1939), a widely collected sculptor and woodcarver from Saint Francois de lIle dOrleans. Though he has occasionally carved other small animals, Robitaille is first and foremost a bird carver shorebirds, song birds, hummingbirds, and