LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found mid century enameled dish It measures approximately 11" tall

It measures approximately 11" tall x 6 3/4" wide x 4" deep

especially those almost black blues

No way could I not bring him home

and I love the aging to the paint and the way they stand resting on their long

LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found mid century enameled dish It measures approximately 11" tallI wish I knew everything about this one but I don't. I know it lived in a New England collection for many years, the same collection as the 1817 Lady Justice watercolor listed today; I purchased both from relatives, and know this lion was the owner's favorite. No wonder! It feels to me more more like a work of a self taught artist than a child, and a bit more "outsider" than "folk" a visionary version of a lion, though very much in conversation with a