Dreamy Reclining Boy Watercolor Painting by Mary Rand brown pottery craft vase - decorated with green

- decorated with green

5 1/2 inches tall

Image size is 4 5/8 x 5 1/2”

overlapping the the front and joined with a nail

which included a fantastic collection of mid-century and contemporary ceramics from Japan

Dreamy Reclining Boy Watercolor Painting by Mary Rand brown pottery craft vase - decorated with greenI spotted this watercolor high on the wall at an antique shop in Manchester, NH, and was immediately smitten. Though clearly posed, this young man seems wonderfully at ease, and quite dreamy, as if he's just woken from a nap, hair still tousled. There is such a warmth and intimacy to it that I'd guess the painter, Mary Rand, was this boy's mother, though I have no idea. I love that she chose to omit any context other than the mat and pillow upon which