Farm Scene with Two Cows and Man with Rifle, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting jugtown cups Definitely this wonderful thing (itself

Definitely this wonderful thing (itself a bit of a pun

Photographs don't quite do justice (I've shot it a couple of different light situations to try to give a sense)--the mold itself has a really visceral presence

with arms sturdily attached and no notable chips

)  As a genre

and it rolls along great

Farm Scene with Two Cows and Man with Rifle, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting jugtown cups Definitely this wonderful thing (itselfAnother old folk art farm painting, because I can't resist them, and I think the painted cows on this one are especially good. I spend a lot of tine driving, and walking, too, around places that still look very much like this, which makes it feel both quintessential New England and also specific, as if I might drive right by this particular property still looking very much the same. It looks to me that the figure here in blue coat and black hat holds