Red Astrican Apples Under Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Oil on Canvas horse racing game pieces with a nailed on piece

with a nailed on piece for the chimney

blank reverse

but a new mat and great  frame would really make it sing

and then there is a signature and date hidden in the shrubbery at the bottom

but I've never seen a piece of hairwork jewelry (maybe better to call it hair work lace

Red Astrican Apples Under Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Oil on Canvas horse racing game pieces with a nailed on pieceA very winning old folk art painting of apples simple but just right, and clearly filled with admiration for these most iconic of fruits one can just feel the painter arranging them under perfect cloud streaked blue sky to give them their full due. The fact that the back of the painting notes not the name of the artist but, rather, the variety of apple, makes me think the painter likely grew and plucked them his or herself and was quite proud of the