Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple tree stump vase now perfectly distressed but still

now perfectly distressed but still reflective mirror

of Chicago

perhaps modeled on the former

Black ink on wove paper mounted to a heavier weight brown backing sheet

and the angled rake of each photo too

Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple tree stump vase now perfectly distressed but stillI've had a few pieces by Canadian folk artist Emile Bluteau (of Eastern Townships, Quebec) over the years, and find a great deal of humanity and charm in his work. Bluteau, also a collector, began carving and making assemblages from scavenged and salvaged materials in the late 70s, first portraying birds and then "the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder, a documenter of Canadian folk and outsider art. More about