Marguerite Evans Issacs, Large Mid-Century Oil on Masonite "Aerial View" Woodstock NY 18th century wrought iron I believe there were once

I believe there were once a total of twelve in the set

carved from one piece of wood with the bark left on it

very solid and sturdy with no structural issues

The blanket of white with spidery bare branches all around makes it feel even more so

Marguerite Evans Issacs, Large Mid-Century Oil on Masonite "Aerial View" Woodstock NY 18th century wrought iron I believe there were onceI purchased this one from the estate of an artist near me I don't do a lot with mid century art, but this painting struck me, and got better and better the more I looked at it. Skillfully done, with a complex and viscerally satisfying surface as well as a certain elusiveness that keeps me looking and looking again. Signed on the back Marguerite Evans Isaacs, Woodstock NY, and titled "Aerial View" which makes perfect sense; perhaps that blue is the