Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 eye-catching received his MFA from the

received his MFA from the University of Arkansas

it  would make a terrific paperweight on a stylish desk or a subtle yet striking addition to a grouping of any manner of interesting objects

At just shy of 15 inches long

or re-papered

and charmingly stick-like little legs and feet

Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 eye-catching received his MFA from theI've gone back to the same dealer in Russia three times now to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty, whose estate the dealer handles; I just think he was a really good landscape painter, and Russian prices are pretty good! This impressionistic oil on cardboard may be my favorite yet really a little gem of a painting, and I could look at that sunlit tree against painterly clouds and radiant blue sky all day. I might guess this was was painted along the