Flowers and Fruit Vintage Still Life Painting sea lion with ball and a nice reminder that

and a nice reminder that it is perfectly justifiable to invest time in doing things that have no particular practical purpose other than to amuse oneself

and some crazing to the glaze itself

I am not sure the original purpose of this little lidded box

with a honey-mustardy-brown glaze

Flowers and Fruit Vintage Still Life Painting sea lion with ball and a nice reminder thatThis flea market found oil painting on canvas catches me off guard every time I look at it: the reverberation between those bright orange oranges and that terrific off key green background gives it a startling pop; it just completely jumps off the wall. I don't know that the artist it is signed Elysik was a great painter, but I think their sense of color was pretty fantastic, and this painting, no small feat, feels totally alive. It measures 16"x20"