M.C. 5 Cent Jones Watercolor Portrait of His Wife in Red and Blue menagrie Not quite sure what happened

Not quite sure what happened here

The construction of the notebook with uncut edges to folded paper pages means that each page has a blank reverse (one would just have to trim one edge of a page to reveal it)

) The stars on the underside of her hat brim at pretty great too

with very thick

With a crazy bright blue velvet interior that feels rather antithetical to the rest of it

M.C. 5 Cent Jones Watercolor Portrait of His Wife in Red and Blue menagrie Not quite sure what happenedI purchased this painting from an online seller based on some not very good photos and worried it might have faded a bit, but no the color here is as rich and strong as it ever was, and I think this is just a marvelous portrait. It is the work of M. C. "5 Cent" Jones (1918 2003), and this I believe a portrait of his wife. A self taught artist who began painting after his retirement, Jones whose nickname derived from his diminutive stature, just about