Stone Fruit Ripe Pear and Ripening Plum with Great Color - Sold Individually medium soft pencils The cover of the portfolio

The cover of the portfolio is fairly torn as are the paper backings for a few of the tipped in prints

Another beautiful old brush

In addition to extensive commissioned sculpture for public and private spaces

7" long x 1 7/8" in diameter

Especially great I think is how the position of the google eyes changes the temperament of each character

Stone Fruit Ripe Pear and Ripening Plum with Great Color - Sold Individually medium soft pencils The cover of the portfolioThe more I look, the more I've become certain that I'm not going to tire of old stone fruit any time soon, and I've become quite a keen inspector of pieces, looking (in person) at many dozens of specimens to pick out a few choice fruits! (There is a big difference between carefully carved and hand painted old ones and less subtle newer examples where you can see color was sprayed on.) So here are two just found in Maine that more than pass muster a