Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT original inkblot tests Every single thing included in

Every single thing included in the painting--from the neatly tended red geranium to the Cupie doll statue/bookend to the scruffy

just missing a plate of glass (though I might be tempted to forego it and just tape whatever to the back side

I could not resist bringing this piece into my care

The two little houses up on the hill are pretty good too

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT original inkblot tests Every single thing included inI've found definitive dates for the Howard Gilman (1894 1979) of South Stratford, Vermont, who made these and stamped each one on the underside, but that's about it. I sure appreciate the love and labor and detail he put into these small wooden structures, though, which include a varied series of houses all with chimneys and most with log piles arranged in one configuration or another as well as a church, a covered bridge, a barn with silo, and a