Hand-sewn and Crayoned Double-sided Cloth Mask oil on canvase but she still stands straight

but she still stands straight and stable

which comes from the intermingling of the aged paint and tin it was painted upon--brown and rust and silver all together

I think it is just beautifully done

rolling the metal ball around until it lands in one of the recesses

It features dark brown bands against a mottled tan ground

Hand-sewn and Crayoned Double-sided Cloth Mask oil on canvase but she still stands straightI love a mesh Odd Fellows mask, which this one reminds me some of, but there's a different sort of satisfaction about those lines of sewing machine stitching on the cloth, framing the face in an off kilter way, that I think make this really great. I also love that it was drawn upon on both sides, crayon I believe, perhaps one side a first attempt superceded by the other, but having the effect of portraying two sides of one character, the backside