Mary's Soulful Kittens, Naive Graphite/Charcoal Drawing, Framed as Found brass plumb bob all decorated with hand-painted flowers

all decorated with hand-painted flowers

I believe this harpoon dart would have been used for whaling

1980s I would think

Oil on canvas

Mary's Soulful Kittens, Naive Graphite/Charcoal Drawing, Framed as Found brass plumb bob all decorated with hand-painted flowersHowever ever to resist this fluffy pair? Distinctly different faces on each, but each feeling like the very essence of kitten hood. Signed at lower right but partially concealed by the frame Mary someone! Sold in the frame I found them in, where they've lived for quite a while; I might honor them with a larger and more distinctive frame, maybe stained black, but they're charmers in any context. 9" x 7" framed, under glass, as found. C. 1940s or so I