Swarming Gulls Over Moody Sea Old Oil Painting on Wood Panel hand-carved turtle fall leaves or pinecones

fall leaves or pinecones

was made in Hus-Flid Norway (the original sticker is still on it

I love this

who looks to me rather as if he is wearing aviator-style goggles

I love its roughness and the darkness of the clay body

Swarming Gulls Over Moody Sea Old Oil Painting on Wood Panel hand-carved turtle fall leaves or pineconesAnother Maine find, and it seems likely that's where it originated, but it is unsigned and I don't know for sure. Late 19th or 20th century I would guess, and done on a thick wood panel, which has bowed just a little over the years, no matter, just adding a little to its nice sense of object hood. I really love how both intense and graceful the birds appear, with their fine black outlines setting them off against the seascape as if in their own world