Dog After Pheasant, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel antique whimsie I love blocks of all

I love blocks of all sorts

which might be the age of these

and a great place to stash important papers or all sorts of things

are the best of the best

I found this one at Brimfield and have looked at a lot since--and while there are some more elaborate

Dog After Pheasant, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel antique whimsie I love blocks of allThis is one of a pair of paintings I found together yesterday in Maine, clearly done by the same person and I think equally terrific. (The other is a little smaller.) As opposed to the wolf aggressively chasing a pair of deer in the other painting, here this shaggy dog with what I assume is a pheasant in its sights seems more a lot more friendly than ferocious! The bright sky opening behind him gives this one the feel, to me, of a brisk, invigorating