Fabulous Old Painted Root Wood Leopard! (With Gnawed At Nose) vintage painters palette A little minor rippling to

A little minor rippling to the paper

and I'd bet painted of a village not far from here

Plus pops of watercolor here and there amid what are often pretty densely packed pages

and better in person

Fabulous Old Painted Root Wood Leopard! (With Gnawed At Nose) vintage painters palette A little minor rippling toThis! One of two leopards today, which alone mean it was a good week. And quite a singular thing this one, made of a piece of root wood, lending it this wonderfully snaking and twisting body. Something appears to have gnawed a bit at its snout at some point, resulting in some loss and roughness there, and the end of one leg shows a little loss too but what remains is so good and so full of life I don't much care! Terrific old paint, black spots