Man with Sheep, Antique Oil on Canvas on Board Painting handmade inlaid wood frames including the Smithsonian and the

including the Smithsonian and the White House

and I think they must be luckier

I am fairly certain this beautiful tall wicker basket

Rendered in a manner that seems inspired by a pair of early19th century Staffordshire boxing figures (though certainly not as fine as those) I would guess this boxer dates from the 1940s or so

Though I spend much of my life on line

Man with Sheep, Antique Oil on Canvas on Board Painting handmade inlaid wood frames including the Smithsonian and theSuch a lovely, quiet, gentle painting, with this man in greens, the sheep (I believe) walking along with him (following his bucket I think!), and the landscape around them all feeling very much as one. With such a serene poise about him, I'd be inclined to follow him too! He, the sheep and the white sky behind are more thickly painted than the ground around them, where the canvas shows through in some areas, adding to the feeling of this as a romantic