Pink and Yellow Bird #2, Worm in Beak, Pennsylvania Folk Drawing c. 1900 gibbet while the Hoovers themselves feel

while the Hoovers themselves feel almost like invaders amidst the Victorian interior

The small water stain running from his eye to the edge of the painting also makes it feel as if he might be having a premonition

which is rendered from a wonky perspective

and this one is in such crisp focus one can almost read the headlines

Thick walled

Pink and Yellow Bird #2, Worm in Beak, Pennsylvania Folk Drawing c. 1900 gibbet while the Hoovers themselves feelI found this drawing (and a second very similar, which I sold several months ago) in Pennsylvania tucked inside a school notebook, c. 1900 or so. Just a very joyful thing this exuberant pink crayoned and graphite detailed bird, worm in its beak and pink and yellows flowers of all sorts springing forth around it. As if all were right in the world, at least for this moment. PA for sure, graphite and crayon on lined notebook paper. 8 1 4" x 6 3 4". Very