Mixed Media Antique Folk Art Sandpaper Painting of Gentleman dolll scale top hat at his feet

top hat at his feet

Rolls along smoothly

so would really be good for kids to play on as well as adults

or perhaps could be put to use in a new way

and this is quite a nice one

Mixed Media Antique Folk Art Sandpaper Painting of Gentleman dolll scale top hat at his feetI took a chance on this one, which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait, which immediately reminded me of the powerful portraits of South African born, Amsterdam based contemporary artist Marlene Dumas. I should have guessed, as is the case, that the softness and mystery of it is due to the fact that it is a sandpaper painting a technique popular in the