Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting de la fontaine fables with a pre-Photoshop instinct toward

with a pre-Photoshop instinct toward creating black or whited-out backgrounds

The hand-forged large nail itself of course is beautiful

Either way positioned

and could probably also be hung horizontally with a little effort

I couldn't resist the graphics and zeal of the recruitment pitch on these booklets issued by The Grand Fraternity of Philadelphia in 1927

Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting de la fontaine fables with a pre-Photoshop instinct towardPart of what I love about this oil on wood panel painting is its succinctness: just a ship sailing across the sea toward a castle on the coast. Perhaps at sea for quite a long time and just about to achieve its destiny, or perhaps it will sail on by, as that fortress looks rather formidable! (And, indeed, it seems a bit like a metaphorical dual between darkness and light, progress and stasis, going on here.) Late 19th early 20th c. I'd think and