Pink and Yellow Bird with Flowers and Perched Owl, PA Naive Drawing c. 1900 woman with braids and so all the more

and so all the more metaphorical of passage from one place

And then too there were multiple generations of Dummers who had their hands in all of this

perhaps including smoked mackerel

seems to have been finished with a light shellac or varish

but in any event think this is a pretty singular thing

Pink and Yellow Bird with Flowers and Perched Owl, PA Naive Drawing c. 1900 woman with braids and so all the moreI found this drawing in Pennsylvania tucked inside a school notebook, c. 1900 or so. Just a joyful thing, this pink bird with yellow wings, worm in its beak and flowers of all sorts springing forth around it. And a little owl perched on one stalk too. PA for sure, graphite and crayon on lined notebook paper. 6 7 8" x 8 3 8". Very good condition. Paper is a bit brittle.