J PerLee Shilling Folk Art Painting of Yellow House with Green Sky in Grain Painted Frame carved folk art monkey wonderfully rendered here with yellow

wonderfully rendered here with yellow winged bird upside down in its mouth--and I think that is a tear in the eye of our girl as she scolds it

with no visible flaws

really--of its maker

but just perfect as it is

4" wide x 6

J PerLee Shilling Folk Art Painting of Yellow House with Green Sky in Grain Painted Frame carved folk art monkey wonderfully rendered here with yellowDetail photos give the best and most accurate sense of the wonderful off key colors and abundance of charms in this terrific earlyish 20th c. folk art painting, signed J. Perlee Shilling. I've found a Joshua PerLee Shilling (1885 1947) from a long line of Perlees and Shllings in Tuscaraw Township in Stark, Ohio, who I think was likely its maker, and I'd be willing to bet the painting is of the family home. It wins me on both a macro and micro scale