This original oil painting on stretched canvas measures 16 by 20 inches (oil painting only) and 20 by 24 inches in the carved wooden frame it sits in.

It is signed Frederick Rash in the lower right corner.

It is in outstanding condition with no damage, repairs or restoration.

Frederick Rash was a California mid 20th Century artist who was active in the Laguna Beach area. His work was exhibited at the 46th Annual California Art Club Exhibition on March 27, 1955. He is also known for working in both oils and watercolor.

This biography from the Archives of AskART: Frederick M. Rash was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 30, 1919. Rash studied with Robert Wood, Millard Sheets, Rex Brandt, and Dong Kingman. He was active with the California Art Club in 1955. For many years he had a studio in Laguna Beach and at one time lived in New York. He died in Lake Mary, Florida on October 29, 1998. Working in oil and watercolor, he painted landscapes, still lifes, seascapes and portraits. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"

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This original oil painting is in the style of a well known California Plein Air Painter of the 1920's-1930's. It is, however, unsigned.

It measures 16 by 20 inches and sits in a period 22 by 26 inch frame.

Both the frame and the painting are in outstanding condition.

Leonard Borman, an exceptional California artist, died in 1995. This large and attractive oil is a sleeper.

Biographical Information:Leonard Borman was born in the 19th century and started painting in 1917 while recovering from a war injury, sustained as a Canadian veteran. His mother was an artist and encouraged her son, who attended the Art Institute of Chicago where he studied under Joseph Pennell and George Bellows. Borman came to Pasadena in 1924, settling in the nearby town of Sierra Madre. His desert and other plein air landscapes are most often encountered, but he also was an etcher and painted portraits of animals. Borman lived to the age of 101.

This original oil painting on old artist panel board measures 22 1/2 by 31 1/2 inches.

It is unframed.

It is signed F.A. DeHaven on the lower left corner.

It is in excellent condition except for a band of color change along the far right edge, which appears to be either light staining or varnish discoloration.

It dates circa 1890-1920.

This outstanding old American School landscape is one of two oils by the same artist that I am currently offering. Both offer different views of Mount Rainier in Washington State.

This original oil painting on old artist panel board measures 22 1/2 by 31 1/2 inches.

It is unframed.

It is signed "Mt. Rainier, Wash, by F.A. DeHaven, Artist, 840 Raymond Ave" in pencil on the reverse.

It is in excellent condition.

It dates circa 1890-1920.

This outstanding old California landscape is one of two oils by the same artist that I am currently offering. Both offer different views of Mount Rainier.

This original contemporary Chinese ink and watercolor painting measures 27 by 53 inches, and 31 by 75 inches, including the silk brocaded scroll it is mounted on.

It has the seal and signature of the artist, Jiao Loushi, on the upper left hand edge. It also has one collector's seal in the lower right corner.

The subject is a view of a temple in a high mountain landscape with waterfalls and trees.

It is in excellent condition.

Chinese 20th Century paintings have been an excellent investment lately as prices have been escalating dramatically in both auctions and private sales.

This original oil painting on panel board measures 11 by 14 inches and it is framed 20 by 23 inches in a simple dark wooden frame.

It is signed Mottola in the lower right corner. It also has an old label on the reverse that reads: COPYRIGHT RESERVED BY FIL MOTTOLA - ARTIST. " Winter in Vermont" 11 x 14.

The painting is in excellent condition with a minor paint scratch in the middle upper sky area. The frame is in good condition with some scuffing on the raised surfaces.

Artist Biography: Filastro (Fil) Mottola was born in 1915 in the Italian section of Orange, New Jersey. In 1921 the Mottola family moved to Los Angeles. Fil Mottola is also included in Edan Hughes’ Artists in California, 1786-1940 ( Volume Three).

In 1938 Mottola enrolled at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. Within a few weeks his art samples got the attention of John Hubbard Rich, Donna Schuster, Paul Clemens, Ralph Holmes, and the Dean of Otis, Roscoe Shrader. Upon recommendation, Filastro was offered and accepted a full-time, one-year scholarship. The scholarship was extended for two additional years.

Just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, Mottola was drafted into the Army. His 164th Infantry Regiment was attached to the First Marines, which fought at Guadalcanal. Mottola created for himself many opportunities to sketch his Army experiences, including fellow soldiers and pilots engaged in battle at Guadalcanal. Because of wounds and malaria, Filastro got an early discharge from the Army in late 1943.

After his recovery, Mottola returned to Otis to visit his former teachers, whom he now considered friends. Wanting to prepare Mottola for a teaching position at Otis, Roscoe Shrader offered him a lifetime scholarship painting from the model and an opportunity to take over Donna Schuster’s Saturday class, who desired to leave her position. Anxious to make a livelihood as an independent artist, Filastro declined the offers.

In 1949 Mottola went to work as a story sketch artist for the Disney Studios. In 1961 he made the decision to leave Disney and commit himself to a life of painting and selling his own art.

During his long career, Filastro worked in many mediums, including ink, pencil, charcoal, pastel, watercolor, and oil, believing that each one could offer something unique that would not be duplicated in another medium. Over the years he painted plein-air in many locations, such as Italy, France, small towns in Mexico, the Mother Lode country, the Southwest, the Northeast and the California coastal cities of San Francisco, Monterey, and Laguna Beach. His brushwork ranges from tight strokes, creating smooth surfaces to loose, free strokes, creating surfaces with full textures. Regardless of style, the use of rich, saturated colors is a hallmark of his oil painting.

This original oil painting on stretched canvas measures 16 by 20 1/2 inches( unframed ) and 23 by 27 1/2 inches (framed).

It is in excellent condition, except for some scuffing on the frame.

It is unsigned and has a stamp on the reverse of the canvas (see photos).

This ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING on stretched canvas measures about 31 by 36 inches framed (25 x 30 inches - oil only).

It is in EXCELLENT CONDITION!

It is signed Elizabeth Crawford (see photo enlargement #5) in the UPPER LEFT corner.

This painting dates to the early part of the 20th century.

Elizabeth Crawford is listed in Artprice.com as a 20th century artist.

This original watercolor painting measures 18 by 26 inches, including the mat and frame (under glass) that it is set in.

The subject is a young man resembling Ringo Starr of the Beatles rock group, wearing a robe and sash with stylized angel wings.

It is in excellent condition.

It is signed: g.gill 1964, middle to lower right.

It appears to be part of the "Christ Today " series of paintings by the artist Gene Gill in 1964. See photo enlargement #6.

Artist Biography;

Gene Gill was an established artist in the Los Angeles area. Born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1933, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Chouinard Art Institute (California Institute of the Arts) and has exhibited widely in the Los Angeles area since 1970.

He spent most of his career as both an artist and an art teacher. In 1975 Reseda High became the first school in the LA City School District to offer Advanced Placement, Studio Art with Gene Gill as the teacher. He started teaching Art at Reseda in 1968 after spending five years teaching art at Gardena High School. He would remain at Reseda until his retirement in 1988. At Reseda, Gill developed his own art program where "select" senior art students were able to work more independently and use materials not available to an entire class. When the "Gifted" adviser at Reseda came to him in 1974, about the possibility of offering a new Advanced Placement class in art, he immediately put the program into the art curriculum.

His work has ranged from paintings to mixed media and three dimensional architectural renderings or models. He is listed in Davenports Art Reference and Price Guide, Who Was Who in American Art. He is also listed on the Askart.com and Artprice.com websites. http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=11000091 His paintings and graphics are included in the permanent collections of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Palm Springs Desert Museum, and the Container Corporation of America, Atlantic Richfield Corporation, the Northrop Corporation, Home Savings, and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

This original oil painting on stretched canvas and wooden stretcher bars measures 20 by 28 inches and it sits in a carved frame measuring 24 by 32 inches.

It is signed J.W.McCoy in the lower middle right portion of the painting. It also has the title and the artist's name on the reverse stretcher along with some minor blacked out areas (perhaps a previous owner obscuring the original artist's price tag).

This painting was either mounted or remounted circa 1975, based on notes on the stretcher.

On June 19, 2011 a watercolor/gouache painting (approx. 20" x 28") by John McCoy sold for $12,500.00.

This original, unsigned oil painting measures 24 by 36 inches unframed. It is painted on stretched canvas over wooden stretcher boards.

It is in excellent condition, except for one small paint loss chip measuring about 1/2 by 1 inch. See closeup photo.

This original oil painting on stretched canvas measures 25 by 30 inches not including the gilded frame it sits in.

It is in outstanding condition!

It is signed, C.C. Hamilton 1937 in the lower left corner.

The subject is a mountain lake beneath a snow capped mountain.

This original old oil painting on heavy canvas measures 25 inches by 30 inches (image only) and 30 x 36 inches framed .

It is unsigned.

It is in excellent condition, with an overall crackle to the surface as should be expected from a painting between 180-220 years old .

Portraits of this type were very expensive at the time, so this would have been a wealthy or important person of the period.

The level of detail in the face is outstanding, so this was very likely painted by an accomplished artist, unlike the numerous folk artist painters who produced the two dimensional portraits so collectible (and expensive) today.