Bidspirit auction | Folk Artist Floretta Emma Warfel

Folk Artist Floretta Emma Warfel Hand Painted Textiles - Farmyard - Floretta Emma Warfel - Farmyard. 26” x 37.5”. Signed ”Floretta Emma Warfel” in lower corner and hand painted on green fabric, this piece depicts a farmyard complete with chickens, cow, and horse. A man in a white hat stands gazing out at his farm, as a woman comes out onto the porch, and a wooden fence trails off into the horizon below a round yellow sun and blue sky. Born in Dushmore, PA in 1906, Floretta Emma Warfel began painting in her early sixties with the suggestion of a young neighbor. Using ballpoint tubes of paint and most often used cloth for canvas, she constructs colorful landscapes that are distorted and good humored. Mrs. Warfel's paintings combine scenes from her native Pennsylvania, memories of farm life, and a vivid imagination. For further information see, N.F. Karlins ”Floretta Emma Warfel: A Folk Artist in Embroidery Paint on Cloth”, Pennsylvania Folklife, Autumn, 1989.