Brilliant Exotic Bird in Tree, c. 1920s Folk Art Oil on Board Signed Henry woman in dress While it could surely be

While it could surely be re-inset into a wall as a permanent fixture

There are some very small chips to the surface around the interior of the lip

I am not certain the date on this--it seems Bluteau was still actively making and selling throughout the first decade of the 2000s

1827-1868--and between her kind face

loaded with character and also with a certain sophistication about it

Brilliant Exotic Bird in Tree, c. 1920s Folk Art Oil on Board Signed Henry woman in dress While it could surely bePure delight. When I was in Nashville in February, I fell in love with a brightly painted folk art parrot painting in an excellent taqueria, which was sadly not to be sold. This brilliant yellow bird (the species of which I don't know enough to identify) immediately reminded me of that one. The painting definitely rewards close looking, with a tiny brush stroke for every feather and lots of other colors mixed in, adding up to a creature that feels