Eroded Eagle Silhouette on Bentwood Panel oil painting on cardboard I've done a tiny bit

I've done a tiny bit of mending with acid free archival tape to a couple of samples where a bit had come loose

meditative effect

and John J

wonderfully rendered here with yellow winged bird upside down in its mouth--and I think that is a tear in the eye of our girl as she scolds it

This is a beautiful and super useful old horsehair work brush made by the Phoenix Brush Company

Eroded Eagle Silhouette on Bentwood Panel oil painting on cardboard I've done a tiny bitMaybe this birch panel once formed the back of a chair, or wrapped the front of a podium or column I'm really not at all sure. It looks that there was once an eagle cut of wood or paper that was attached to the front of it, leaving this impression behind when it was lost. I of course am attracted to the effect aesthetically as well as conceptually, a bit of a haunting thing. 21" x 12 3 4" x 3 1 2 deep on the curve. Pretty rough condition, which is