J.E. Tramel Dream Tree and P.G. Tiele Painting

Okay, here's how the story goes - as I've read it. Someone named J. E. Tramel was sitting under a tree dreaming of one day having a lot of gold. Apparently this was going on in Baton Rouge, LA.

Fast forward X many years later J. E. Tramel has trademarked "Dream Tree", and someone is producing these neat little trees made of twisted wire with tiny little foil leaves. Kind of reminds me of metal bonsai trees. The Label Reads:

DREAM TREE

It doesn't do anything, just sits there

looking pretty

AN ORIGINAL DREAM TREE

and then a hand written registration number

They look like this. Wonder Woman found this last Wednesday when we were out doing the thrift store thing. There's more. . .




These things have sold for as much as ninety dollars on ebay. Can you believe that? Ninety Dollars!

Reminds me of a Simon & Garfunkle song.

That doesn't really surprise me though. ebay has a world wide audience, and if you have enough people just about anything will sell.

Looks like I picked the wrong color background to be shooting this.

Very shimmery.

Mr. Goldfinger probably had one of these - life size.

Well, I like it. Wonder Woman spent an hour pulling all the branches and leaves apart to give it that autumnal, losing its leaves look.

So that was Wonder Woman's art pick for the day. I found something else that I liked just as much. Only in orange - my official SPLASH color. Need a splash of color - go orange. That's my take anyway.

No idea of the title. probably something about a sunset.

Here it is: a painting by Italian painter P. G. Tiele. Can't find much on this guy except that he's Italian and considered a mid century painter. Whoopee!

Oil on hardboard with orange. That would be a cool title.

Doesn't matter. I bought the painting before I started researching him. My philosophy: buy art because you like it, not because it might be worth something some day.

What's not to love. Orange, impressionism, and value.

Oh, so you think you know me now. You were pretty sure I bought it because it was priced really well. You may be right.

How 'bout that gold frame? That's worth the price of admission right there.

I just wish it were bigger than 4" x 5"

The painting itself is 4 X 5, the frame takes it out to about 8 x 10. Some days it's worth thrifting.


We'll be right back with . . . more stuff.