Charming Old Folk Art Oil on Board Painting of Hunting Spaniels (with Best Faces Ever) in Landscape clay marbles What I know about Charles

What I know about Charles Rabin is that he did not begin painting until he was 70 (with paints left over from a paint by numbers kit)

I've become quite a fan of late 19th century punch paper embroideries

I'd guess one button eye was replaced at some point to make for an unmatched pair now

There is a long tradition of Zuni earthenware owl fetishes

and the whisk broom older than that

Charming Old Folk Art Oil on Board Painting of Hunting Spaniels (with Best Faces Ever) in Landscape clay marbles What I know about CharlesA nicely painterly view of meandering stream and tall trees and distant hills here, but really it is all about these dogs! I could look at those soulful faces all day, and then again tomorrow; what a marvelously expressive pair, super folky but quite regal at once. I purchased this one from a dealer in Tennessee, and it looks like it is signed at lower right, but the ground is so dark it is difficult to make out. Earlyish 20th century I would guess,