Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille tabletop curiosities but there are plenty left

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

This terrific vintage one

largely for export to England

--and all the better a little silver one

just a wonderful example of stunning form following function

Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille tabletop curiosities but there are plenty leftWithout 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