"It Belonged to My Mother" 1984 Large Watercolor of Wing Chair mid-century danish pottery bird made of sweetgrass and ash

made of sweetgrass and ash splint

as described in the press release for an exhibition of his original drawings at Vermont’s  Brattleboro Museum & Art Center

or other small treats

almost all Canadian (morels carved from deer antler seem to be a bit of a thing)

and porcupine quills popping out everywhere--at an antique shop in Newburyport

"It Belonged to My Mother" 1984 Large Watercolor of Wing Chair mid-century danish pottery bird made of sweetgrass and ashMy parents had for many years an old wingback chair they bought not long after getting married, which, though long gone now, they still refer to as "the most beautiful chair in the world." The chair in this watercolor looks a bit like it, and this painting, titled "It Belonged to My Mother," certainly imparts it with a similar sense of reverence! And what a chair it is, with this great yellow and pink polka dotted fabric, and these fantastic