Portfolio: Sold Works

A Labourer lay listening to a Nightingale’s song throughout the summer night. So pleased was he with it that the next night he set a trap for it and captured it.
“Now that I have caught thee,” he cried, “thou shalt always sing to me.”
“We Nightingales never sing in a cage.” said the bird.
“Then I’ll eat thee.” said the Labourer. “I have always heard say that a nightingale on toast is dainty morsel.”

“Nay, kill me not,” said the Nightingale; “but let me free, and I’ll tell thee three things far better worth than my poor body.”
The Labourer let him loose, and he flew up to the window ledge and said:
“Never believe a captive’s promise; that’s one thing.”
Then again: “Keep what you have.”
And third piece of advice is:
“Sorrow not over what is lost forever.”
Then the song-bird flew away.

One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs. As he grew rich he grew greedy; and thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find nothing.

Greed oft o’er reaches itself

Sold:

9-7-11: Sold to a very happy lady in Royal Oak, MI last weekend. She’s quite a collector . . .

8-31-11:

This one sold to one of my strongest collectors in Chicago . . . “The Fox and the Grapes” – almost seems like it was custom painted for him.

8-15-11:

Another painting now lounging in a happy (and growing!) home:

A Rooster was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he spied something shining in the straw. “Ho! ho!” quoth he, “that’s for me,” and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard?
“You may be a treasure,”quoth the Rooster, ”to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.”

Precious things are for those that can prize them

8-11-11: Some recently sold paintings that have photo documentation:

7-30-11: Here’s a link that will open in a new window that has a number of sold paintings on it for you to see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnstillmunks/ Many other paintings have gone to their homes, but the ones on the flickr page above and the ones listed below are available for you to view. If you are the owner of one of these paintings and would like to have it notated on the image, just send me a note to: johnstillmunks@yahoo.com

7-26-11:  Some of the sold paintings are shown here for your convenience. Not all of my sold work is listed here at all. Please contact me at johnstillmunks@yahoo.com or 515-360-2452 if you have a question regarding sold work. I will have more images of sold paintings here later this week.