Pure Americana, Hand-drawn Folk Art Homage to Doc Holliday on Handkerchief, Framed as Found black eyes The more battered the better

The more battered the better for me when it comes to old decoys-- it's the one's that wear their work on their backs (literally) and that show all sorts of losses and/or repairs that I find most appealing

life- and desert-weathered looking face

I find the relationship between the form of the turned handle and the tapered bristles at the other end of this brush super satisfying

I learned it was a memento from the recent filming of Stephen King's Salem's Lot in town a year or two ago

with light general wear and a couple of creases to the photo showing white at lower left corner

Pure Americana, Hand-drawn Folk Art Homage to Doc Holliday on Handkerchief, Framed as Found black eyes The more battered the betterNot exactly my usual thing, but how could I walk away from this??! Clearly, the life and legacy or pop culture mythology of Doc Holliday lived large in the mind if its maker, who I'd say did quite a job paying homage to him here; weaving together a series of scenes portraying the adventure filled life of the American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter, a friend of Wyatt Earp and probably best known for the shoot out at the O. K Corral in Tombstone,