Impressionistic Small Painting of Woman Sewing with Pot of Flowers old wooden doorstop The drawings surely represent two

The drawings surely represent two different views of the same sculpture

I have no idea if the linen is old or was hand-dyed and cut up two weeks ago

this drawing makes me think a bit of the directness and warmth of Alice Neel's portraits

(It really doesn't

Impressionistic Small Painting of Woman Sewing with Pot of Flowers old wooden doorstop The drawings surely represent twoA very tender, almost reverent little painting I think, oil on hardboard, of what I take for a woman sewing or mending, and who, dressed all in black, seems quite likely in a state of mourning. I especially love the handling of the potted flowers to her left, looking to me perhaps like a flurry of pale poppies, and the very subtle halo of lighter brown around her. Quiet and lovely. 5 7 8" x 3 15 16" and in very good condition. Signed at lower left but