Man with Sheep, Antique Oil on Canvas on Board Painting handmade inlaid wood frames I am fairly certain this

I am fairly certain this beautiful tall wicker basket

Once this has been mastered

The faces remind me of the work of Howard Finster--I think it's the noses turning into eye brows

I found this piece at the jam packed estate sale of lifetime collectors and world travelers in Newton

including the Smithsonian and the White House

Man with Sheep, Antique Oil on Canvas on Board Painting handmade inlaid wood frames I am fairly certain thisSuch a lovely, quiet, gentle painting, with this man in greens, the sheep (I believe) walking along with him (following his bucket I think!), and the landscape around them all feeling very much as one. With such a serene poise about him, I'd be inclined to follow him too! He, the sheep and the white sky behind are more thickly painted than the ground around them, where the canvas shows through in some areas, adding to the feeling of this as a romantic