Marvelous Gravel Painting of Horse in Landscape with Rope Border thermos brand 1 3/4" across at opening

1 3/4" across at opening

no visible flaws

I love this wonderfully creepy-cheerful

but it's also great just for display

and a little bit Southwestern

Marvelous Gravel Painting of Horse in Landscape with Rope Border thermos brand 1 3/4" across at openingI've been thinking about this piece, and especially about that white horse ethereally floating between earth and sky in front of that bushy tree, since the moment I saw it (at the Wellesley, MA estate sale of artist Lois Gross Smiley). I am doubtful this is a piece she made, though I don't know for sure but I'd say she had a pretty terrific eye in choosing it and keeping it near! Whoever its maker, I think they elevated the kitschy medium of colored