Empire State Grapes, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog Mexican candleholder which placing in a frame

which placing in a frame would conceal

and had them properly framed together--lovers forever

I think this little painting is pretty poignant in its portrayal of a adolescent rite of passage--a mix of excitement

was sniffing--then I realized it was attached to the cat

I've been thinking even more than usual of the vast gulf between Christian faith as guide for goodness and kindness and just behavior vs

Empire State Grapes, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog Mexican candleholder which placing in a frameSuch luminous and voluptuous grapes, I do want to eat or drink! them right up. I've handled a few examples (of apples and peaches and pears) of this type before this would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a large folio case). This is not a lithograph rather, the grapes here were rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and