Naive Signed 1938 Oil on Linen Veronica's Veil Painting hand-thrown ceramic vase ) Santa (who happily looks

) Santa (who happily looks more like dad as Santa than "Santa") was executed on orange construction paper mounted to green

maybe a little watercolor too

as perhaps a whole grocery list's worth is more than one needs

I think it's still a pretty sweet thing to do

but really a terrific object

Naive Signed 1938 Oil on Linen Veronica's Veil Painting hand-thrown ceramic vase ) Santa (who happily looksI presume this painting, signed Peter Murray and dated 1938, was done after one famous image or another of Veronica's Veil, that most venerated of Christian relics. (According to medieval legend, the veil belonged to a woman who took pity on Christ as he toiled with his burden of the cross to Golgotha. She gave Christ her kerchief to wipe his brow, and when he returned the cloth, his image miraculously had been impressed upon it.) I of course love its