Krys' Swan
2-23-03

This piece was painted for my girlfriend Krys as a "kitchen warming" present to celebrate her newly remodeled kitchen.

I can truthfully say that this is one of the few pieces you will find of  "Tole" in my painting "repertoire" as  I lean more towards decorative painting than Tole.  After seeing this, however, I got very excited about what a sweet little "comma stroke" can accomplish!

Stan (of Stan Brown Arts & Crafts) let me buy three of these swan wood pieces for a dollar each **gasp** as they were in his clearance bin at the warehouse.   I'm delighted that I've got two more to paint yet!!

The pattern is grandly adapted from the "Frilly Geese House Blessing" by Judy Nutter from The Simple Joys ~ Folk Art Painting For Country Decorating © 1985