Very Expressive Folk Art Polychromed Carved Wood Seagull vintage black and white print A really wonderful little painting

A really wonderful little painting I think

) I'd guess it might have been made as a card box (I believe two decks would fit inside)

made more so the latter as they sit on green painted necks with wing-like shoulders (or fluttering little arms) with furls holding white hearts below

notable for the painted tips of their handles

with this creature a pretty pure embodiment of that instinct

Very Expressive Folk Art Polychromed Carved Wood Seagull vintage black and white print A really wonderful little paintingThis wonderful seagull, carved of wood and polychromed, has a familiarity about it to me, as if done by an artist whose work I have seen somewhere but can't place. It's definitely not your average seagull, I really think done by someone known, and something tells me from Nova Scotia but that's just a hunch. The painterly white head with mossy green yellow tipped beak is just glorious, and I love the way it stands balanced on tail features with wire