Old Folk Art Black Scare Cat with Double Eyes joseph albers took over his father's pottery

took over his father's pottery

and the Old Maid herself

his remaining self is in excellent

and here I think the wintery trees and traces of her skates on the ice are all the better felt in the negative

In Zuni Pueblo culture (Western New Mexico) the owl --or "Night Grandfather”--is perceived as the protector of the home and keeper of the night

Old Folk Art Black Scare Cat with Double Eyes joseph albers took over his father's potteryA great scare cat to begin with, but it's extra set of eyes on both sides definitely put it over the top! It seems quite possible that this one actually lived in the garden, made to scare off varmints, and the first pair of eyes wasn't quite doing it, so the second set with red eye balls was painted to do the trick! Whatever the case, a pretty special one I think, wonderfully strange, and the whiskers are pretty excellent too. 13 7 8 t x 9 l x 11 16