Striking Oil on Board Portrait of Woman in Profile with Blue Earring miniature painted box inside pages super clean and

inside pages super clean and bright

I've shot them at 2x magnification to properly capture the beauty of their slightly irregular carved wood forms

imparting both a sense of calm and of the miraculous

) I might hang this one near the front door

The old watercolor gives me a feeling of coziness and well-being--like taking a long walk in the country on gray

Striking Oil on Board Portrait of Woman in Profile with Blue Earring miniature painted box inside pages super clean andI spotted this beauty from across the room and made a bee line for her. I've got a thing for paintings with very dark grounds, which lend a sort of mystery and elusiveness to their subjects, I think, and it's just right for setting off the pale skinned, red lipped profile of this fine featured woman, with blue drop earring matching the dab of blue to her eye. The portrait makes me think of both Vermeer and of African hairdresser signboards. Lovely. 7