Restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila finds a painting that needs a buyer, preferably a carnivore (she’s on a money diet)

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I just discovered illustrator Giselle Potter has a site on Etsy where she sells some of her paintings and illustrations. She’s illustrated a number of children’s books, including ‘The Boy Who Loved Words,’ ‘The Brave Little Seamstress’ and ‘The Littlest Grape Stomper,’ with her wondrous and whimsical work. Her latest is ‘To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays,’ written in 1940 by Gertrude Stein (Yale University Press, 2011, $25).

I want this painting of a butcher in his shop. But since I’m on a money diet, I’m not buying it. Somebody else should -- maybe a butcher or a baker? $400 (plus $5 shipping) at Potter’s Etsy store. It’s not big, just 7.5 x 11.5 inches, but beautiful. Check out those knives!

Let me know where it lands.

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-- S. Irene Virbila