Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille long legged doll with this juicy hand-painted Ace

with this juicy hand-painted Ace of Hearts on the top announcing it as a box for playing cards

though someone would need to be pretty special to deserve one of these

of which this is one

but very good overall condition with a warm great patina

and a sort of a sun pattern at the center of each side

Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille long legged doll with this juicy hand-painted AceWithout 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