Nyla Gladine Thompson, Mouth Painter, c. 1950s Original Oil Painting on Postcard old mercantile signage all the more so for

all the more so for being made of what I believe is solid steel--heavy

The rectangular frames on each side hold small mirrors

clean and bright

In his long beak he holds a little painted wooden fish

Nyla Gladine Thompson, Mouth Painter, c. 1950s Original Oil Painting on Postcard old mercantile signage all the more so forI didn't quite understand the meaning of "mouth artist" handwritten on the back of this hand painted postcard when I found it, or recognize the name of Nyla G. Thompson of Austin, TX who signed it, but a little googling led me the fabulous folk outsider collector Jim Linderman's Dull Tool Dim Bulb blog, where I learned a bunch about her, including that she did, as a polio survivor, indeed paint by holding a paintbrush in her mouth. [here's a link] As