Woman in Black with Painterly Tree, Curious Full Plate Folk Art Tintype antique pima figural basket and the bird itself is

and the bird itself is about 2 inches tall

it would be great most anywhere

I find this loon (I believe it is) tremendously satisfying

with a terrific rich patina

and perhaps preparing to take action

Woman in Black with Painterly Tree, Curious Full Plate Folk Art Tintype antique pima figural basket and the bird itself isShe's an odd one, with the soul of a poet to me and, with black paint covering all but the bottom edge of her dress (revealing its stripes), I keep thinking of her as something of a young Sandra Day O'Connor in her black robe, too! As with her dress, the drape at right is painted onto the full plate tintype in black and as with that marvelous passage along the bottom edge, where tintype photo meets abstract painting, so it does again in the very