W.C. Rice REPENT Painting on Tin from Miracle Cross Garden, Prattville, Alabama fly box The old black painted wood

The old black painted wood frame shows some dings

then closes with a very satisfying thwack

teeth bared

and have never come across another tintype like this one

W.C. Rice REPENT Painting on Tin from Miracle Cross Garden, Prattville, Alabama fly box The old black painted woodIt's not very often that I deal in pieces made by known artists, but this one crossed my path and I could not resist. It was created by visionary folk figure Reverend W. C. Rice (1930 2004) much more about him below as part of his Cross Garden just outside Prattville, Alabama. And I do believe it speaks for itself! More about Rice courtesy of John Foster writing for Spaces (spacesarchives. org): William Carlton Rice, a house painter, claimed God