Wolf Walks Away, Vintage Folk Art Painting white Just a sweet old wooden

Just a sweet old wooden soldier pin

) I don't think especially old but quite nicely done and certainly not made yesterday

with just very minor irregularity to the form

--so while the cork in the bottle implies that it might be filled

the only flaw is a few white paint drips on the front of the owl

Wolf Walks Away, Vintage Folk Art Painting white Just a sweet old woodenNot a great painting to be sure, but it makes me happy every time I look at, with what I take for a wolf (though perhaps just a big black dog) turning its back and walking away from what I assume are a couple of grazing goats. (If only Vladimir Putin would do the same!) It seems pretty clear that the L. Elgart who painted this had a pretty great time doing so, adding a few flying crows to the blue sky, plus a sunrise or sunset, and all sorts of