Red Man, Yellow Cart, Sweet Old Folk Art Pull Toy old vice on the lightest line

on the lightest line

existing in a sort of in between world

plus custom score sheets

remind/ed me a bit of the incredible work of the visionary self taught artist Martin Ramirez (reference image included in photos) which

where I lived for many years

Red Man, Yellow Cart, Sweet Old Folk Art Pull Toy old vice on the lightest lineI know this little pull toy came out of an estate in Rhode Island along with some other old handmade toys, but don't know more than that. There's a bit of Wilson Walkie Ramp Walker to those cloddish feet, but he's definitely his own thing, with hand painted big smiling face and funny little twig like arms, who stands on his yellow cart atop a long, sharp nail, which allows his to spin around. (Pulling the cart doesn't really make him spin but you can