Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Maine Seascape with Gulls wounded carved figure Edward Higgins

Edward Higgins

and notes about

with a color that appropriately reminds one of honey

wrapped in a garland of roses

I really love the way this box was designed (in 1884)--unfolding in a sequence

Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Maine Seascape with Gulls wounded carved figure Edward HigginsFound in Mid cast Maine, probably not very far from where it was painted, early 20th century I would think. I'll never say no to an old folk art seascape, especially where there are boats sailing and seagulls flying and extra good if painted on a wood panel. An interesting configuration to the rocks, too. Photos really do no real justice; the color has a greater depth and richness to it, with an especially lovely sky, and it is very much about