Oil on Glass Pansy Painting with Tiny Scissors! skeeball board the arms raise his hat

the arms raise his hat high

with what I think are a few repair stitches to a seam under one armpit

with a one small stain in the upper right area

The green is just radiant

My guess is that this piece dates to not very long after the founding of the Mission

Oil on Glass Pansy Painting with Tiny Scissors! skeeball board the arms raise his hatIt's the little pair of scissors painted in the bottom right corner about to snip a leaf of of one stem that really sold me on this painting, which, somewhat surprisingly, was painted on the face of a plate of glass, making me think that whoever made it was perhaps just using whatever they had on hand. But scissors aside, I think it's a lovely little painting, delicately done, and with a subtle, somewhat muted palette that makes these pansies feel