Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Flower Tree Painting, 1935 carved turtle and I believe it is

and I believe it is strips of some sort of plastic that run along its spine

embodying endless treasures out in the world waiting to be found

28 inches tall x 11 inches wide

and with these two wonderfully trailing inky black lines lending just a bit of definition and also tension

I haven't been able to figure out the artist behind this painting

Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Flower Tree Painting, 1935 carved turtle and I believe it isI bought a bunch of these together, my favorites of which I am listing individually, then I'll list another handful together, your choice, at a common price. A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios" the maker of these "practice boards was a division of Fireside Industries, Adrian, Michigan, which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home. With these practice boards, one was to complete decorative painting