Swarming Gulls Over Moody Sea Old Oil Painting on Wood Panel handmade old puppet elevating a game of checkers

elevating a game of checkers to a serious (but joyful) pastime

I love these old school slates

And the intricate form of a shrimp I think makes for a pretty great subject to showcase the skills of a carver

This vase is signed on the bottom with what might say "Hiller"

Swarming Gulls Over Moody Sea Old Oil Painting on Wood Panel handmade old puppet elevating a game of checkersAnother Maine find, and it seems likely that's where it originated, but it is unsigned and I don't know for sure. Late 19th or 20th century I would guess, and done on a thick wood panel, which has bowed just a little over the years, no matter, just adding a little to its nice sense of object hood. I really love how both intense and graceful the birds appear, with their fine black outlines setting them off against the seascape as if in their own world