Landscape with Gate, Charming Old Folk Art Oil Painting in Gold Frame turning wheel stencil So Japanese--maybe 1980s or so

So Japanese--maybe 1980s or so

The chunk of wood still attached the back makes him appear to be carrying around the weight of the world

and one can very much feel the care invested in making them (and

I first wanted to describe this small watercolor as serene

It's a pretty early one I believe

Landscape with Gate, Charming Old Folk Art Oil Painting in Gold Frame turning wheel stencil So Japanese--maybe 1980s or soA little gem of a folk painting I think, better in person the combination of blue and green and white really do it for me, and I love that the gate is neat dead center, a threshold just waiting to be crossed. And the painterly bands of white to either side of it, though I guess representing a stone wall, seem as if suggesting a flock of sheep lined up waiting to be released! Initialed at lower right and framed as found, in an old gold painted frame