Mixed Media Antique Folk Art Sandpaper Painting of Gentleman funny I have really fallen in

I have really fallen in love with this piece

hunting for things

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

or jewelry

Or perhaps it was used for storing tobacco

Mixed Media Antique Folk Art Sandpaper Painting of Gentleman funny I have really fallen inI 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