Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple feb 14 and creation/representation more broadly

and creation/representation more broadly

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

but never has one made me swoon

which was always what I wanted to be

but this is the first true queen bee box I’ve found—made for her alone

Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple feb 14 and creation/representation more broadlyI'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