Looks like Holly's hit the nail,or should i say tenon-on the head.
LA flamboyant ?-very cool
Agree to that-incredibly unprofessional.& irrational re future business.Who the heck insults a potential future client ?
Springfield-I too respect your enthusiasm,you're truly one of history's caretakers.By the way-was this cannon excavated,and if so-where from ?
Steve seems to be a very dedicated artist the same way Van Gogh was (and no,I'm not calling him crazy-but driven). Someone asked Stephen King how...
...ran out of room.
Looks like 'Whit Bleu' to me.:p
Nice-It reminds me of a Regency version of a 'club chair',but i'm no furniture expert at all-just a quick thought bubble.Looks quite wide-enough...
If you found it was worth a couple G's someday-suppose you could strip it .
I'll post when i get to it.I'll experiment w/ various mediums.I'd like to use oil paint as a carrier,but w/o an accelerant it can take...
I've watched the show a few times-how crazy does it get at the storage auctions ?
Could be a well-done prison,POW,folk art piece-w/o any clues...?
Absolutely Joan-Still got a good double-filter mask from when I airbrushed.
Amazing find 2Man,fine folk art.
i will.
Storage wars gold.
Yep 1923,could be Wartime packaging-be interesting to see how it works,although I'd think bronze powder should be inert/stable.
I'm not sure it was ever painted.
Here's a can of 1923 bronzing powder i found at the thrift (1/2 full). I'll use it to re-gild the cast iron hooks on my 1880's Pullman iron & oak...
Great pic-any idea on provenance/back story ?
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