Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille hand-carved animal Some aging to the celluloid

Some aging to the celluloid

Very charming

taught for many years in New Hampshire

he attended night class at the National College of Art and Design

What I love most about this vintage mid-century porcelain tiger is the relationship between its body and its face: its body is long and sleek

Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille hand-carved animal Some aging to the celluloidWithout 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