Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille handmade milking stool one split on the right

one split on the right side of the chest

at 59”x80

established as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1819

though just playing as a solitaire endeavor is pretty satisfying too

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

Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille handmade milking stool one split on the rightWithout 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