J PerLee Shilling Folk Art Painting of Yellow House with Green Sky in Grain Painted Frame carved folk art monkey made this stove in a

made this stove in a few different color schemes in the 1930s

And curious

4" wide x 6

with no visible flaws

adding a little moodiness and strangeness

J PerLee Shilling Folk Art Painting of Yellow House with Green Sky in Grain Painted Frame carved folk art monkey made this stove in aDetail photos give the best and most accurate sense of the wonderful off key colors and abundance of charms in this terrific earlyish 20th c. folk art painting, signed J. Perlee Shilling. I've found a Joshua PerLee Shilling (1885 1947) from a long line of Perlees and Shllings in Tuscaraw Township in Stark, Ohio, who I think was likely its maker, and I'd be willing to bet the painting is of the family home. It wins me on both a macro and micro scale