Dog After Pheasant, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel hand-embrodiered 4 7/16" long x 2"

4 7/16" long x 2" t x 1 1/16" w and in very good condition

Overall very good condition except for a hole on underside

Plenty of irregularities

this piece is very much in the manner of the work of famous father and son Mexican folk artists Aurelio and Francisco Flores from Izúcar de Matamoros--legendary for their elaborate "tree of life" candlesticks and candleabra

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Dog After Pheasant, Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel hand-embrodiered 4 7/16" long x 2"This is one of a pair of paintings I found together yesterday in Maine, clearly done by the same person and I think equally terrific. (The other is a little smaller.) As opposed to the wolf aggressively chasing a pair of deer in the other painting, here this shaggy dog with what I assume is a pheasant in its sights seems more a lot more friendly than ferocious! The bright sky opening behind him gives this one the feel, to me, of a brisk, invigorating