Man with Sheep, Antique Oil on Canvas on Board Painting handmade inlaid wood frames The faces remind me of

The faces remind me of the work of Howard Finster--I think it's the noses turning into eye brows

I found this piece at the jam packed estate sale of lifetime collectors and world travelers in Newton

held in the San Diego State University Library Special Collections

Though I spend much of my life on line

They are old ones (one of the brown ones had a sticker note of 1890s on it

Man with Sheep, Antique Oil on Canvas on Board Painting handmade inlaid wood frames The faces remind me ofSuch a lovely, quiet, gentle painting, with this man in greens, the sheep (I believe) walking along with him (following his bucket I think!), and the landscape around them all feeling very much as one. With such a serene poise about him, I'd be inclined to follow him too! He, the sheep and the white sky behind are more thickly painted than the ground around them, where the canvas shows through in some areas, adding to the feeling of this as a romantic