Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Four Figures at Table, Large Mixed Media Drawing figures with joined arms not a fussy thing about

not a fussy thing about it but with the hand of its maker very palpable

with nine lovely blonde wood pins and a cool ball

I think really nothing beats rustic pottery like this for everyday use and enduring beauty

Said to have made a sketch a day at least

which I am not certain was ever published

Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Four Figures at Table, Large Mixed Media Drawing figures with joined arms not a fussy thing aboutI wasn't familiar with the work of Shields Landon Jones (b. Indian Mills, WV 1901; died Hinton, WV 1997) when I found this and one other drawing by him (already sold) I just completely fell in love with this assembly of characters, and all that one might speculate about them! I have since learned a bit about him since, and quite an interesting artist, and human, he seems to have been. The Smithsonian Museum of Art (among many other institutions