Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting wooden nautical dial Excellent condition and super sturdy

Excellent condition and super sturdy

sound and standing sturdy

I can say it very functional

and creating a nice dynamic between rendered portrait on one side and reflected (self) portrait on the inverse

but all the better for being attached to a functional object

Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting wooden nautical dial Excellent condition and super sturdyPart of what I love about this oil on wood panel painting is its succinctness: just a ship sailing across the sea toward a castle on the coast. Perhaps at sea for quite a long time and just about to achieve its destiny, or perhaps it will sail on by, as that fortress looks rather formidable! (And, indeed, it seems a bit like a metaphorical dual between darkness and light, progress and stasis, going on here.) Late 19th early 20th c. I'd think and