Shrugging Wooden Cutout Santa with Great Face coiled source: Indigo Arts

source: Indigo Arts

) I purchased this drawing in Ogunquit

or so I’d guess

with natural bristles attached via fine hand-stitched wire (I think horse hair on the drafting brush

with the letter and numbers I assume referring to the bottle or jar type (and there are more handwritten notations on the back side

Shrugging Wooden Cutout Santa with Great Face coiled source: Indigo ArtsIt is, thankfully, a bit of a ways 'til Christmas, but this is the sort of Santa I'd be happy to see year round. I love how how the outline of what one assumes is meant to be his beard looks equally like a neck or a droopy chin, and he looks to me like he is shrugging, as if to say "sorry, no presents this year!" A pretty great one I think, with a tiny red tongue hanging inside that mouth, too! 9 3 8 t x 5 7 16 w x 1 4 and in very good condition.