Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille tabletop curiosities with light cracking of the

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

charming in their red

largely for export to England

South Dakota in the 1970s

Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille tabletop curiosities with light cracking of theWithout 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