Sweet and Cheerful, Very Folky Hand Hooked Rug snowy owl Oil on tin

Oil on tin

really quite beautiful

including with what seems to be some rounding to the ears from weathering

with the final marble ending up in the centre hole

and affirmed

Sweet and Cheerful, Very Folky Hand Hooked Rug snowy owl Oil on tinI haven't much delved into world of hooked rugs, though I very often admire them. Two today, though the other antique, text based, and really quite a thing, but this one charmed me like a kid's crayon drawing: naive and improvisatory feeling, and a very homey one to come home to. I especially love all those kind of random bits of brown and black white fabric, together making the center area feel rather like a walled garden, with one bright pink rose