Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille handmade milking stool with more than a few

with more than a few dings and some paint loss

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

which I find simultaneously playful and poignant

one split on the right side of the chest

There is some darkening/spotting on one portion of one side only

Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille handmade milking stool with more than a fewWithout 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