Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard of Houses Between Mountains and Sea woodcut I never cease to be

I never cease to be amazed by the wealth of crafty objects people used to make

or to hand over to the kids as a challenge

and even one part Masonic

but this is very lovely

I am fairly certain it was once a marionette-style puppet

Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard of Houses Between Mountains and Sea woodcut I never cease to beI keep going back to the same seller in Russia to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty, whose estate the dealer handles, as I have yet to buy one that I don't love, and you all seem to like them too. I think he was a really good painter, and I particularly love his small scale oils on cardboard; little painterly gems. The combination of sky and sea on this one I think is especially great, framing what one imagines is a cozy little village situated in