Swarming Gulls Over Moody Sea Old Oil Painting on Wood Panel handmade old puppet with just a little bit

with just a little bit of darkening around the edges from age

to the chickens pecking away on the green next to the train tracks

elevating a game of checkers to a serious (but joyful) pastime

And the intricate form of a shrimp I think makes for a pretty great subject to showcase the skills of a carver

though I am confident they are indeed Villeroy & Boch

Swarming Gulls Over Moody Sea Old Oil Painting on Wood Panel handmade old puppet with just a little bitAnother Maine find, and it seems likely that's where it originated, but it is unsigned and I don't know for sure. Late 19th or 20th century I would guess, and done on a thick wood panel, which has bowed just a little over the years, no matter, just adding a little to its nice sense of object hood. I really love how both intense and graceful the birds appear, with their fine black outlines setting them off against the seascape as if in their own world