Wonderful, Impressionistic Oil on Linen Rough and Rocky Seascape teacups All carved from one piece

All carved from one piece of wood

I really have no sense of the age or origins of this set

but so sweet I think well worth salvaging

with that wonderful blue jacket

made in Portland in 1924

Wonderful, Impressionistic Oil on Linen Rough and Rocky Seascape teacups All carved from one pieceIf I saw this painting in a museum, I would covet it; I think it is just fantastic, veering into the realm of pure, painterly abstraction, but at the same time perfectly capturing the power and vastness of rough sea. The unusual vertical orientation evinces a sense of strata, all with equal intensity, from the water crashing against rocks, to a glimpse of what I assume is sky (and a curious, intense sky at that) to layers upon layers of choppy sea in