Dog After Pheasant, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel antique whimsie and I’d guess it was

and I’d guess it was delivered as an Easter gift with some added treat inside

are the best of the best

and a great place to stash important papers or all sorts of things

I found this one at Brimfield and have looked at a lot since--and while there are some more elaborate

but I think very sweet still

Dog After Pheasant, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel antique whimsie and I’d guess it wasThis is one of a pair of paintings I found together yesterday in Maine, clearly done by the same person and I think equally terrific. (The other is a little smaller.) As opposed to the wolf aggressively chasing a pair of deer in the other painting, here this shaggy dog with what I assume is a pheasant in its sights seems more a lot more friendly than ferocious! The bright sky opening behind him gives this one the feel, to me, of a brisk, invigorating