Painted Pansies on a Clam Shell, Antique Coastal New England Folk Art Momento found objects always a heart-racing mix of

always a heart-racing mix of panic and pleasure as one is swarmed

crease to far upper left corner

composed of sticks

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

Painted Pansies on a Clam Shell, Antique Coastal New England Folk Art Momento found objects always a heart-racing mix ofFound 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