Nyla Gladine Thompson, Mouth Painter, c. 1950s Original Oil Painting on Postcard vintage Lucky Strikes tin was mounted to a tan

was mounted to a tan colored cardstock backing

but perhaps also the Bobbie and Mim/Miss S

Then cute blue shorts and white sneakers curled around the edge of a grassy green painted wooden mound nailed to a flat base

18” x  12 /4”

Nyla Gladine Thompson, Mouth Painter, c. 1950s Original Oil Painting on Postcard vintage Lucky Strikes tin was mounted to a tanI didn't quite understand the meaning of "mouth artist" handwritten on the back of this hand painted postcard when I found it, or recognize the name of Nyla G. Thompson of Austin, TX who signed it, but a little googling led me the fabulous folk outsider collector Jim Linderman's Dull Tool Dim Bulb blog, where I learned a bunch about her, including that she did, as a polio survivor, indeed paint by holding a paintbrush in her mouth. [here's a link] As