Vintage Painted Folk Art Carving of Blonde Woman with Bright Red Lips marble folk art book or a maker of antique

or a maker of antique watercolor sets in St

and also how the handle looks a bit like a branch upon which that bird would perch

Ink on good weight cream paper

I think part of it is that they are unpainted

A search on this one reveals a few others out there

Vintage Painted Folk Art Carving of Blonde Woman with Bright Red Lips marble folk art book or a maker of antiqueI love this woman, including for feeling like she has been around the block, and around the block again. She makes me think a bit of Laura Dern in Wild at Heart, and of the mother in Shameless, and she's definitely got a bit of the mermaid and a bit of the country western singer to her too. And a bit of the figurehead; I imagine her mounted to the dashboard of a classic 1970s car, guiding the way forward (perhaps in the wrong direction.) 7 5 8" x 4 3