Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 small fan There are two tiny pin

There are two tiny pin holes in two of the corners

though it would also be a really great one to turn into a mirror

with light wear and aging to the wood

This lovely art nouveau style free hand “hearts and vines” iridescent glass vessel reminds me of the miraculous capacities of blown glass—what a tiny wonder

I love how determined--possessed

Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 small fan There are two tiny pinI've gone back to the same dealer in Russia three times now to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty, whose estate the dealer handles; I just think he was a really good landscape painter, and Russian prices are pretty good! This impressionistic oil on cardboard may be my favorite yet really a little gem of a painting, and I could look at that sunlit tree against painterly clouds and radiant blue sky all day. I might guess this was was painted along the