Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple feb 14 chipped nose and all

chipped nose and all

and creation/representation more broadly

Which guard its body like a fence / of moving darts in ev'ry sense

which was always what I wanted to be

or maybe it was made as a door knocker

Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple feb 14 chipped nose and allI'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