Landscape with Gate, Charming Old Folk Art Oil Painting in Gold Frame turning wheel stencil and one can very much

and one can very much feel the care invested in making them (and

I first wanted to describe this small watercolor as serene

3 3/8" t x 2 1/2" w x 3/4" d

So Japanese--maybe 1980s or so

With the bottom shot through as well as most every inch of its sides

Landscape with Gate, Charming Old Folk Art Oil Painting in Gold Frame turning wheel stencil and one can very muchA little gem of a folk painting I think, better in person the combination of blue and green and white really do it for me, and I love that the gate is neat dead center, a threshold just waiting to be crossed. And the painterly bands of white to either side of it, though I guess representing a stone wall, seem as if suggesting a flock of sheep lined up waiting to be released! Initialed at lower right and framed as found, in an old gold painted frame