Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille keys 75ʺd × 4

75ʺd × 4

9 1/2" diameter at lip

exquisitely crafted brown and white vase by renowned California ceramist Leslie Thompson

and a reminder to appreciate those on whose backs we ride

Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille keys 75ʺd × 4Without 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