Lovely Antique Pennsylvania Cutting Board with Mysterious Toned Shapes sinew part of a red diamond

part of a red diamond

finding something new in it every time

but I think quite a terrific and also joyful painting (those roofs looking like bubble gum ice cream

and I was thinking at the very least these would be fun to give to the kids for playing "eye doctor"

feels extra special for its diminutive scale--a perfect pedestal for carved whimsies or figures or other smallish things

Lovely Antique Pennsylvania Cutting Board with Mysterious Toned Shapes sinew part of a red diamondI found this one in Pennsylvania, and though I don't know for sure, it seems to me it might have been tin quilting templates that sat on this cutting board for a very long time, leaving their silhouettes behind. Whatever the case, feels almost like a photogram, with a nice sense of mystery to it. And with the wooden board very well used before or since, with knife marks all over. Quite lovely and painterly feeling. 13 1 8" x 9 5 8" x 7 8". Knife marks