Antique Folk Art Painting on Cardboard of Boy's "First Attempt" at Shaving vintage jugtown pottery and its simplicity

and its simplicity

leather club chairs and maybe a fireplace ( wafting cigar smoke

making for a truly stunning silhouette

and surely one of a kind

Antique Folk Art Painting on Cardboard of Boy's "First Attempt" at Shaving vintage jugtown pottery and its simplicityPerhaps my favorite thing about this little painting is the young boy's reflection in the mirror of his bureau, rendered very lightly and facing us directly. Our subject hardly looks old enough to be shaving, but what a dramatic moment to capture, as he stares wide eyed (those blue blue eyes!) at his bleeding cheek, soaped brush and straight razor in hand. In fact, I think this little painting is pretty poignant in its portrayal of a adolescent rite