Swarming Gulls Over Moody Sea Old Oil Painting on Wood Panel handmade old puppet It would be great year

It would be great year round on the counter

I found this beautiful badger hair brush at the estate sale of an artist who had a gorgeous studio stocked with highest quality supplies for work in most every medium

And the intricate form of a shrimp I think makes for a pretty great subject to showcase the skills of a carver

elevating a game of checkers to a serious (but joyful) pastime

This vase is signed on the bottom with what might say "Hiller"

Swarming Gulls Over Moody Sea Old Oil Painting on Wood Panel handmade old puppet It would be great yearAnother Maine find, and it seems likely that's where it originated, but it is unsigned and I don't know for sure. Late 19th or 20th century I would guess, and done on a thick wood panel, which has bowed just a little over the years, no matter, just adding a little to its nice sense of object hood. I really love how both intense and graceful the birds appear, with their fine black outlines setting them off against the seascape as if in their own world