Delightfully Awkward Oil on Masonite Painting of Sculptor in His Studio antique tin cookie cutter Some age toning

Some age toning

I've seen a fair number of vintage "sewing birds" around--handy things

with a little wear/loss around the bases

and perhaps especially the back

and also just as a sculptural object

Delightfully Awkward Oil on Masonite Painting of Sculptor in His Studio antique tin cookie cutter Some age toningDrawn to its weirdness, I purchased this one from an online seller though I wasn't entirely sure about it but I was very glad when I unpacked it yesterday, finding it just exactly what I wanted it be! I love the ghostliness of the sculptures statues that surround our ginger haired sculptor, and how the awkwardness of his gesture holding a tool in hand raised mid air matches the awkwardness of some of theirs! Paintings of artists at work in their