Emile Bluteau Brown Duck Canadian Folk Art Sculpture jug with plug it completely evokes the sound

it completely evokes the sound of softly crashing waves in the distance

I think is just terrific

I love a good lacquer box

with a B below for Brenda

The black painted buttons down the front of his shirt and along the top of his pants make him even better

Emile Bluteau Brown Duck Canadian Folk Art Sculpture jug with plug it completely evokes the soundI really really love the matter of factness of this duck; no more than what it needs to be and seemingly perfectly suited to go for a float and I find that flat expanse of chocolate brown paint weirdly but truly satisfying. It's the 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