Featured Broken ship on shore painting

I got a few paintings today, some I know the artist, this one I don't.
Is it E. Motz or emotz ? It's very nicely done, good shadowing etc.

Thank You

Billy D.

 

There is an artist named Eugene Motz, but his art doesn't seem to match this work.

 

Thanks Bdigger. I'll keep searching for a few hours...

 

Also found an Esther Motz. Only found one piece and it was dissimilar.

 

Thanks Brad, next stop, antiques roadshow, lol.

 

Somehow this reminds me of the well-known wreck of the Peter Iredale, on the Oregon coast. Pictured below in 1906, it soon began to disintegrate, as in the later views, and for a time looked a lot like this painting.







See https://oregonhistoryproject.org/ar.../the-wreck-of-the-peter-iredale/#.WeeM3k2Wy_E

 

The bowsprit fell off the Peter Iredale wreck in 1961, but I think this painting represents a considerably earlier period, judging by the masts still being present; I'd also guess that the painting was done later than 1961, as a guess.

 

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like one of those desert scenes from The Empire Strikes Back?

 

Very cool all fakes. Thank You for posting those photos, looks the same as do the hills, could be it.

 

Now that you mention it, I see that too.

 

Yeah, it's probably nobody then, oh well.

 

It's still a very nice painting Billy .. someone will want it , Joy.

 

Thank You Joy, I like it, I might keep it. My favorite art is pop art and abstract from the 50's through 70's.

 

Tatooine!

 

I have some soup cans you can have.

 

Haha, Andy Warhol cans.....

 

Hi Billy how did it go with finding more info on the artist of your cool ship painting? I ask because I came across another painting signed EMotz that matches yours. This one is at an estate sale taking place this weekend. It too has what looks like a lot of great work with shading and shadows. There's also a bit of that Star Wars desert effect someone mentioned in this one.

 

And here's a link with a photo that looks like the time frame yours might have been painted in:
https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/peter-iredale.313028/full

 

I'm sorry Frausto , but this thread is over 6 years old and Billy...G-d bless his heart , hasn't been seen in years..

Also...no one has added any new info to this tread......... so what's here is all that's known so far.

Maybe a thread resurrection , could bring new eyes to bear...???

 

Old but interesting. I suspect this artist was painting from photographs.

Debora