J PerLee Shilling Folk Art Painting of Yellow House with Green Sky in Grain Painted Frame wooden sailors 6 1/2" tall x 5

6 1/2" tall x 5 1/8" wide

with some wear and aging to both the mirror and the wood as accurately documented in photos

The painting has been matted and framed in a simple white metal frame

I assume this cool hand carved propeller once attached to what would have been quite a large model airplane

which pioneered the development of corrosion-proof materials for the chemical industry in the U

J PerLee Shilling Folk Art Painting of Yellow House with Green Sky in Grain Painted Frame wooden sailors 6 1/2" tall x 5Detail photos give the best and most accurate sense of the wonderful off key colors and abundance of charms in this terrific earlyish 20th c. folk art painting, signed J. Perlee Shilling. I've found a Joshua PerLee Shilling (1885 1947) from a long line of Perlees and Shllings in Tuscaraw Township in Stark, Ohio, who I think was likely its maker, and I'd be willing to bet the painting is of the family home. It wins me on both a macro and micro scale