Striking Old Folk Art Root Head Carved Wood Decoy beveridge Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

described as the king of birds and a kite-like figure

distinctly mid-century but also timeless

Still completely frame worthy as far as I am concerned

but also just great graphically

Striking Old Folk Art Root Head Carved Wood Decoy beveridge Her teachers included Stig LindbergI don't much collect decoys, which represent a whole different world of expertise, but I found this such a striking and perfectly stark object that I could not resist it. I really love the long neck and dramatic angle of that root head terminating in white painted beak, and then the wonderful rich dark charcoal black of the carved body with rounded belly. On the underside is a metal plate which allows it to stay upright on the water (and it does