Unstretched Oil on Canvas Portrait of Handsome Young Man  Native American souvenir totem pole The hardwood looks to me

The hardwood looks to me like lignum vitae and is truly gorgeous

I assume this clock face would have been made for teaching time

Color richer and black bolder in person

in a combination of pen

It is the inclusion of Saint Michael (the Archangel) though that puts this painting over the top for me

Unstretched Oil on Canvas Portrait of Handsome Young Man  Native American souvenir totem pole The hardwood looks to meNo way could I resist this handsome fellow posing in his tight fitting trunks, with what I take for a fair bit of attitude, too. Something about the angle of the burgundy curtain to his right and beams overhead and lines of the stool gives the composition a bit of a Diebenkorn feeling to me, and this young man's face I think has a bit of a Modigliani aspect, too. Found in Massachusetts, this is unsigned and I dont know who painted it, but I might