Oil on Glass Pansy Painting with Tiny Scissors! gift for designer In 1935 Ballantine used an

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Oil on Glass Pansy Painting with Tiny Scissors! gift for designer In 1935 Ballantine used anIt's the little pair of scissors painted in the bottom right corner about to snip a leaf of of one stem that really sold me on this painting, which, somewhat surprisingly, was painted on the face of a plate of glass, making me think that whoever made it was perhaps just using whatever they had on hand. But scissors aside, I think it's a lovely little painting, delicately done, and with a subtle, somewhat muted palette that makes these pansies feel