Brick Woman, Holes in Head, Powerful and Unusual Brick Maker's Folk Art End of Day Bust rower but none in a wooden

but none in a wooden box like this one

Graphite on watermarked Windsor lined laid paper

I am offering it up

and a great patina to boot

and there's something rather obscene feeling about its pointy extension/handle

Brick Woman, Holes in Head, Powerful and Unusual Brick Maker's Folk Art End of Day Bust rower but none in a woodenLove at first sight with this one I made an immediate beeline for her at the Rhinebeck show, purchased from a favorite Midwestern dealer. I'm not much good at predicting what will photograph well, though, and don't think the strength of her face, or her substantial, soulful presence really comes across here if not, I'll be very glad to keep her for my own. And of course I love the fact that she is, quite literally, a brick! Like folk art sewer tile