Impressionistic Small Painting of Woman Sewing with Pot of Flowers old wooden doorstop (It really doesn't

(It really doesn't

this drawing makes me think a bit of the directness and warmth of Alice Neel's portraits

it is the more naive and personally expressive examples that attract me

This beautiful example

Otherwise it is in very good condition

Impressionistic Small Painting of Woman Sewing with Pot of Flowers old wooden doorstop (It really doesn'tA very tender, almost reverent little painting I think, oil on hardboard, of what I take for a woman sewing or mending, and who, dressed all in black, seems quite likely in a state of mourning. I especially love the handling of the potted flowers to her left, looking to me perhaps like a flurry of pale poppies, and the very subtle halo of lighter brown around her. Quiet and lovely. 5 7 8" x 3 15 16" and in very good condition. Signed at lower left but