Painting signed SLT.

I can't remember if I've posted this one before. This has been at the top of my list to pin down. I picked this up at a antique store over a year ago. It's signed SLT in the lower right in red paint. On the back, it has a first name and a last name of a Thompson and then a month, and then again signed SLT in cursive. I'm sorry that I don't have pics of the back, I'm away from the house at the time and won't be back till later this week. The painting is on board and is rather quite old. I strongly believe the board is from the late 1800s to early 1900s. The frame is the original frame.


I know it's hard to help with lack of pictures, I'll try to get them uploaded as soon as I can. Thanks!!

 

@Armando - Hit me up later when you show the back, side edges and details of the edges, close ups of the subject matter out of the frame. I don't think it's nearly that old from looking at the colors used and the style. (Is that tears in the top of it?) How big is it? Looks like oil, perhaps unvarnished (hard to tell without seeing more detail). Reminds me of a Sunday artist or a youth painting in "primitive" style. The flowers appear to have been painted from photographs of water lilies. The top is, well, painted with some style in mind. I think it was framed with an older frame and perhaps painted on top of an older painting.

 

I will hit you up later about this when I get the images. That is a tear on the board at the top. It is oil. The size would be around 20x26, I may be off. I'll get exact measurements later. The board is slight warped. Doesn't appear to be water damage. The owner of the store said the consignee had it in their attic for years. It gets very humid here in Georgia so I'm wondering that if over the years of it being exposed to the humidity, that it started warping. The handwriting is in the style from the time frame I mentioned. I will get those images as soon as I can.

 

Also curious to see additional photos. The lily pads almost have a 3D quality.

 

I'll get them as soon as possible. That's what caught my eye too,were the lily pads. To me, they have a nice character to them.

 

I'm currently getting my daughter to get images of the painting right now.

 

Here's some more images. Above that piece of paper on the back is the initials SLT.

 

My daughter didn't feel comfortable taking it out of the frame. I'll have to do that later.

 

Thanks, it could be older masonite than I previously thought. The waterlilies appear to "pop" because they each are mostly surrounded by dark leaves.

The frame looks to have been painted gold colored.