Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple feb 14 like a fourth leg

like a fourth leg

or maybe it was made as a door knocker

and creation/representation more broadly

) With an American flag waving proudly from the stern and sea below

but never has one made me swoon

Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple feb 14 like a fourth legI'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