Painted Pansies on a Clam Shell, Antique Coastal New England Folk Art Momento found objects I believe it is a

I believe it is a boy at left in blue skirt and marvelously striped socks

composed of sticks

Once all spread out on the table of course there are near endless possibilities

who points heavenward

Painted Pansies on a Clam Shell, Antique Coastal New England Folk Art Momento found objects I believe it is aFound on the southern coast of Maine, surely not far from where this large clam shell was painted, late 19th early 20th century. I might pass by a pansy painting on board, but give me some flowers painted on a shell, or a rock, or a conk, and I'll scoop it every time. The world is a canvas for the resourceful! And paintings on objects feel much more like momentos. 6" x 3 3 4" x 1" d. A little paint loss to the left pansy, as documented, and a few