Emile Bluteau Lumberjack Twins Sawing Log Folk Art Sculpture turned wood box having my mother read to

having my mother read to my brother and me) all of the Oz books when we were kids

and one of the joys of doing that is discovering things I've previously paid no attention to

It seems quintessentially 1980s to me

I think their shapes are beautiful

Emile Bluteau Lumberjack Twins Sawing Log Folk Art Sculpture turned wood box having my mother read toThis fabulous tabletop sculpture of two lumberjacks sawing a log is the wonderful work of Emile Bluteau (1931 ?), a well known Quebecois folk artist, who began carving in the late 70s, first birds and then "the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder, a great documenter of Canadian folk and outsider art. I absolutely love these very Canadian lumberjack twins, so sharp in their buffalo plaid shirts and red caps, and what