Wolf Chasing Deer in Forest, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel primitively carved "be more fully known to

"be more fully known to the museum's public

what a striking

and has a peg post which allows it to fit perfectly into a hole on the board

leather toe strap (surely salvaged from something else

native to south-west China

Wolf Chasing Deer in Forest, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel primitively carved "be more fully known toThis is one of a pair of paintings I found together yesterday in Maine, clearly done by the same person and I think equally terrific. (The other is a little larger.) I assume it is a wolf chasing these two deer, both of whom show a bit of red paint on their front legs, whether documenting or foreshadowing their fate I am not sure, but certainly lending a sense of urgency and vulnerability. I love the use of white paint outlining their lower bodies,