Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves RobitailleWithout 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