Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting wooden nautical dial and creating a nice dynamic

and creating a nice dynamic between rendered portrait on one side and reflected (self) portrait on the inverse

I might hold this perfectly shapes and super smooth thing in one hand while doing so

this would look great in all sorts of contexts

Excellent condition and super sturdy

Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting wooden nautical dial and creating a nice dynamicPart of what I love about this oil on wood panel painting is its succinctness: just a ship sailing across the sea toward a castle on the coast. Perhaps at sea for quite a long time and just about to achieve its destiny, or perhaps it will sail on by, as that fortress looks rather formidable! (And, indeed, it seems a bit like a metaphorical dual between darkness and light, progress and stasis, going on here.) Late 19th early 20th c. I'd think and