Chaloi Leonty, Soft Landscape with Mountains and Sea, 1991, Oil on Cardboard old painting I am not certain of

I am not certain of its origin--the palette and design feels rather Scandinavian

or perhaps for parents expecting twins

and rust creeping in around the edges

with horizontal folds that should flatten out pretty easily if pressed under something heavy and a little staining here and there and along the left edge

and I honestly don't think detracts

Chaloi Leonty, Soft Landscape with Mountains and Sea, 1991, Oil on Cardboard old painting I am not certain ofI keep going back to the same seller in Russia to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty, whose estate the dealer handles, as I have yet to buy one that I don't love, and you all seem to like them too. I think he was a really good painter, and I particularly love his small scale oils on cardboard; little super painterly gems. I really love the softness of the sky and two large hills or mountains in this one, giving the whole thing a wonderfully moody