An old watercolor painting titled at lower left "Atitlan Guatemala", signed at lower right by artist "M. Moody". This may be a listed watercolor artist by the name of Marion Moody but that cannot be confirmed. The work is well handled, the old architecture and five foreground figures nicely painted. Lake Atitlan is a famous scenic lake in central Guatemala, ringed by volcanic peaks and popular with tourists to this day. The painting measures 9 3/4" by 13" (13" by 17" framed).

A Nude Flobrush Painting by noted American modern painter, Milton Avery (1885-1965). This has the label for The Alpha Gallery in Boston and the stamp for the Guido Frame Studio in Boston. Measures about 14" by 17", overall frame about 21 1/2" by 24 3/4".

A watercolor painting of tropical hibiscus, signed at lower left by listed California artist MARCIA A. PATRICK (1875-1964). The work measures 16 1/2" by 11 1/2" inside the mat and 22 1/2" by 17 3/4" framed. Patrick was in Los Angeles by 1910. A physician, she is known to have painted florals and landscapes. In 1937 the prestigious Stendahl Gallery held an exhibition of her work. Patrick was active in local art clubs, including Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles, in 1936-37...

By the hand of listed American artist HUGO MELVILLE FISHER (1876-1946), an impressive oil on canvas painting of the vegetated banks of a river on a spring day, 23" by 27" (31" by 35" attractively framed), signed at lower right corner in red. The impressionist, rich, IMPASTO technique (as in the tree's leaves) is impressive and skilled. Fisher, the son of artist Hugo Anton Fisher, was born in Brooklyn in 1876, moving to Alameda, California at age 8. He spent two years in Hawaii...

This is one of the rarely encountered works of Latvian-born artist FREDERICK (FRIEDRICH) A. LEEKNEY (1880-1939), signed at lower left, where he wrote "Laguna Beach 1923". The piece, measuring 14 1/2" by 10 1/2" (23" by 19" framed), features grasses at the sand's edge. This would have been painted around the time that the Laguna Beach art colony was at its classical peak, when the town was a magnet to artists of all sorts...

A gouache on paper painting of Valletta, the historic, ancient capital of the Mediterranean island of Malta, 4 3/4" by 6 1/2" (9" by 10 1/2" framed), signed at lower left by the noted artist of Malta, VINCENZO d'ESPOSITO (1886-1946). The city is spread around the bell tower at right center, as a sailing craft plies the middle distance and what appears as a lobster trap is in the foreground...

A work signed at lower right, of the noted Bermudian artist ALFRED BIRDSEY (1912-1996), the full sheet measuring 19 1/2" by 24" (26 1/2" by 31 1/2" framed behind glass). Birdsey was a familiar figure in Bermuda for decades, a prolific artist, the works of whom traveled home with tourists to the island. This would account for the wide distribution of his distinctive work. Today his daughter continues the family tradition, with similar looking paintings being sold to visitors...

Henry Mortikar Rosenberg 1858-1947 Canadian/American This is an original oil on board painting by American artist Henry Mortikar Rosenberg. This study of a museum visitor was originally in the collection of the Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama. The painting is signed lower right in pencil and inscribed on the back. The image measures 16X12 inches. A few minor spots of touch up, nothing major. A fine modernist impression. Rosenberg studied under Frank Duveneck.

Washington DC artist Paco Lane,known for his constant pushing forward of styles and from the Lane brother and sister artist family. This work is from his cubist period that was short lived. Measuring 53”x60” Paco Jacques Lane was born on October 24, 1969 in Virginia just outside of Wash- ington DC. From an early childhood Paco was encouraged The artist in Greenwich CT, 2003. and allowed great freedom to pursue a natural interest in the visual arts...

A watercolor on paper 10 1/2" by 21 1/4" (21" by 33" in blue laminate framing) featuring a tropical dock scene replete with coconut palms, a small sailing craft, and boathouse, signed at lower right with what appears as "Ehrlich". I have not been able to link an obvious listed artist name to this work. The hand is sure and talented and the piece is in excellent fresh condition.

FOR SALE: A superb Original Thai Classical Tempera Painting depicting "BENEVOLANCE OF THE LORD BUDDHA", by reknown Thai Artist CHAWAT BUAPHAN. Signed and dated 13.6.2540 (Buddhist Year), by the artist. Size: height 70 cm x width 50 cm unframed. Location: Maerim/Chiangmai,Thailand.

Moses SOYER 1899-1974 wass a Russian born artist part of the Soyer family of artist that Immigrated to America and the early 20th century. He worked for the WPA in the 1930s under the Roosevelt administration and was featured in many exhibitions and documentaries

Mary Janko Norwegian artist Springtime in the Fjords, Norway measuring 30x26”oil on canvas in a beautiful silver vintage frame painted in the 1930s. Janko was a modernist painter

Artist Sakari Suzuki landscape dated 1940 Modernist style work measuring 24x30 inches, frame size 32x38” (10 October 1899 – January 1995) was an American artist born in Japan. Suzuki was born in Iwate, Japan. He moved to San Francisco in 1918 to join his father. Sukuzi attended California School of Fine Arts[1] there in 1924...

British Artist John Haynes-Williams 1836-1908 “Sunday in Seville" 40x30” framed in a beautiful gilded frame measuring 56”x46”. Born in Worcester England and studied in Birmingham and later moved to a London studio

A work that is between the style of Matisse and Modigliani however not attributable to either since it is dated 1981. Oil on canvas 24”x18”

Contemporary oil on canvas painting of the desert, 9" by 12" (15" by 18" in gold frame with linen liner), painted in an impressionist hand with the skilled use of various beautiful shades of blue, signed at lower right and dated there 1994 by contemporary artist RUTH OSEID JOHNSON, an oil painter and printmaker with Minnesota roots who spent years living and working in California and Arizona. In her work, she focuses on the effects of light in interior settings and in landscapes...

A very skillfully drawn pastel on paper rendering of the famous and iconic Taos Pueblo in northern New Mexico signed at lower left by artist "C Hanson". The unframed work is housed presently simply matted. Measurements of the sheet are 16" by 19". I have researched the name online and have not located an artist name that might correspond. Nevertheless the work is excellent, the Pueblo sort of fractured into a Cubist image, with diagonal lines and a flat picture plane...