Little Boy Smoking Pipe, Small Antique Oil on Canvas Painting unique gifts The labyrinthine geometric designs on

The labyrinthine geometric designs on pottery pieces like this one have a relationship to their cosmology

some of them made in two parts to serve as incense burners

I especially love his yellow glass eyes

weave style and details

Kelly was an artist in residence at Kilkenny Design Studio

Little Boy Smoking Pipe, Small Antique Oil on Canvas Painting unique gifts The labyrinthine geometric designs onThis old painting just made me laugh when I saw it not just for the pipe this little boy (I assume) is smoking, but also for the slouchy red sock, which by my take turns the painting into something of a portrait of a young degenerate in the making (i. e. once one stops taking care with their appearance, all hell breaks loose!) I think his outfit altogether is pretty great, right up to baby blue cap. And the pipe itself is quite a pipe I'm not an