Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille handmade milking stool now they're the right size

now they're the right size to hang around one's neck or indeed to loop a key ring through

with more than a few dings and some paint loss

one split on the right side of the chest

There is an incised vine pattern running up the sides of the black handle

embodying endless treasures out in the world waiting to be found

Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille handmade milking stool now they're the right sizeWithout 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. These very charming birds are 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 most