Agapit Thibodeau Folk Art Dog Painting (on Cat Box Cardboard) in Handmade Frame early whimsy who clearly expended a great

who clearly expended a great deal effort on him

mostly just looking for things that feel miraculous in one way or another

the ball jade

These appear to be made of steel plate and welded to their bases rather than being made cast iron

Sight: 6 7/8” x 4 3/4”

Agapit Thibodeau Folk Art Dog Painting (on Cat Box Cardboard) in Handmade Frame early whimsy who clearly expended a greatI have turned up very little about the Agapit Thibodeau (b. 1896, Brantville New Brunswick, Canada) who made this piece I believe in the early 1980s, shortly before his death but I think I am pretty certain I would have really liked him! What a wonderful dog, which I take for a huge snuggly St. Bernard, and which seems perhaps to be emerging from a dog house, though it could be an underpass, and maybe these are train tracks in front of him, or it