Red House, Blue Sky, Atmospheric Folk Art Roof Slate Painting ruby ambrotype which may be where this

which may be where this little guy came from

The shapes and positioning of the jointed legs make for a luxuriously long lion stride

--but I'm sure glad someone saved it

my favorite part being the yellow webbed feet against green painted base but the expressionistically done black detailing on the wings is pretty good too

6 7/8" t x 3 5/8" d and in excellent condition

Red House, Blue Sky, Atmospheric Folk Art Roof Slate Painting ruby ambrotype which may be where thisI know from the dealer I purchased this from that it came out a house the specific house portrayed in Vermont, though I am forgetting the name of the town. I love a house portrait, and am fairly sure the slate this house was drawn painted on was salvaged from the house's roof (there's some old hardened tar on the the back) and the manner of it makes it feel less as if rendered and more as if it just magically emerged! With the framework of the house