Folk Art Couple with Hand-drawn Faces sporting knife living at peace among the

living at peace among the forest and animals

and could be useful for storing all sorts of little things

I vividly remember visiting Skansen—an open-air museum and zoo in Stockholm dedicated to showing the traditional Swedish way of life prior to industrialization—on a cold and rainy day fall day several years ago

I've gathered and sold a fair number of antique horsehair brushes at this point

From a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929-2015): I think "Talent" is the perfect title for this 1961 ink drawing--amplifying the proudness and look-at-me aspect of this harlequin-esque performer

Folk Art Couple with Hand-drawn Faces sporting knife living at peace among theTwo truly charming characters, made really special by their hand drawn features and wonderfully articulated hands! The faces remind me of the work of Howard Finster I think it's the noses turning into eye brows, specifically and especially that of this red headed man, who looks to me super warm and kindly. But as the woman is gifted with moveable arms attached by tiny nails at her shoulders and allowing her to throw them up in the air perhaps he is at