Need help identifying this piece. I can not make out the last name

Wright?

 

It helps us to help you if you tell us as much as you can about your item ie. where, when you got it, size,( it could be a miniature) and show the back as it helps dating as it shows fixings etc.
That said the signature may be J C Wright.
I’ve found a similar sigs and the paintings look as if they may be from the same hand.
https://www.1stdibs.co.uk/furniture...ng-signed-jc-wright-dated-1948/id-f_15482982/

 

Here's a short bio. (Dunno is accurate.)

Debora

 

Certainly his palette is similar.

Debora

 

The style of this reminds me of what was referred to as the "Califorinia Style" watercolor movement, founded by Millard Sheets and other regional artists. I actually really enjoy this style of painting.

You may want to search using "California Style" as criteria along with the artist's name.

From an article I found:
Millard Sheets, as one of the founding members of the "California Scene Painters," exerted a lasting influence upon subsequent generations of Western painters. He and the small group of painters who worked in California during the 1930s and 1940s, developed a new style of watercolor painting that was at the forefront of the American watercolor movement of the time, and that later gave rise to a subsequent generation of painters who became known as the California Regionalist school.

 

From the bibliography at the end of that bio, I'm assuming the person who listed it had copied and pasted the text from a reference book or other biographical source. If so, it's likely to be pretty accurate. I also found this, which gives similar information and cites a book titled California Watercolors 1850-1970. The information below was found here: https://www.californiawatercolor.com/pages/james-couper-wright-biography

James Couper Wright (1906-1969)...Born: Kirkwall, Scotland. Studied: Edinburgh College of Art. Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. James Couper Wright grew up in the Orkney Islands. After attending the Edinburgh College of Art, he went to France and Germany on a scholarship to study the design of stained glass windows. While studying this art form, he worked with transparent painting mediums and became particularly interested in watercolor painting. He came to California in 1930 and settled in Pasadena.

Transparent watercolors were his favorite medium, and while he often went out on location to sketch, he preferred to paint his final works in the studio. As an art instructor, Wright taught at the Otis Art Institute, Occidental College and Coronado School of Fine Arts. He also conducted private classes in watercolor painting for many years.

Biographical information:

California Water Color Society (Catalogs).

Biography courtesy of California Watercolors 1850-1970,