Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 stony vase This is by far the

This is by far the best

and then at the bow a nicely carved cleat to round things out

Just shy of 4" tall

an artist who I believe worked and taught in  North Carolina

There was once a stick extending down from the head

Chaloi Leonty Small Oil on Cardboard Landscape with Tree in Rock, 1965 stony vase This is by far theI've gone back to the same dealer in Russia three times now to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty, whose estate the dealer handles; I just think he was a really good landscape painter, and Russian prices are pretty good! This impressionistic oil on cardboard may be my favorite yet really a little gem of a painting, and I could look at that sunlit tree against painterly clouds and radiant blue sky all day. I might guess this was was painted along the