Mixed Media Antique Folk Art Sandpaper Painting of Gentleman funny to proudly house the tintype

to proudly house the tintype photographs of this particular family of four

likely 1900s-20s

present and future

I've watched a few of these "Fraction Learner" sets pop up online and always thought they were simply gorgeous

and candelabra most of all

Mixed Media Antique Folk Art Sandpaper Painting of Gentleman funny to proudly house the tintypeI took a chance on this one, which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait, which immediately reminded me of the powerful portraits of South African born, Amsterdam based contemporary artist Marlene Dumas. I should have guessed, as is the case, that the softness and mystery of it is due to the fact that it is a sandpaper painting a technique popular in the