Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper \to hang and a couple of small

and a couple of small stains and one clean tear on the King of spades

Very nicely carved and super sculptural

an endless loop of falls from grace

like the angel on one shoulder in a cartoon

who looks a bit Scandanavian to me

Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper \to hang and a couple of smallThere are so many sorts of things I've fallen more and more in love with over time, theorem paintings very much one of them. I really love the super folky early theorems on velvet, but a crisp watercolor theorem on paper like this one satisfies in a whole different way; what a jewel like thing this ripening pear on its stem is, with a few rich green leaves setting it off just perfectly. So contemporary feeling, too; a perfectly resolved, very lovely