2 unframed oil painting

hi all

i bought these yesterday from a friend of mine who does house clearances. he let me have em both for £3 each as they were unframed

neither are fantastic, but guess you get what you pay for !!

No 1 is of instow a village across the water from me, looks like its been painted in a lowry type style (a bit warped in shape)

No 2 have no clue where its of, but really liked the sky, and how the light is bursting through

light is very bad for photos are the moment

any thoughts or info very much appreciated

 

1st measure 16 1/2 by 11 1/2
2nd measues 15 by 10 1/2

 

The Instow landscape is rather Lowry-esque but doesn't have his confident use of perspective. The other is a popular subject and might be a copy of another work.

Debora

 

Cool thanks deb, I think you could be right about it being a copy of something

I shall look into that

 

I like em both.....

 

Thanks buddy

 

no ..really....
the windmill.....bin there done that....BUT...
the boats, the landing, the folks, the ominous sky, the muddy road, the house behind the mill......and the sheep clearing the side of the hill....

this is an artists work.....copied or not !

the other ....reminds me of naive work from the US east coast...
it's darling !

if yer me......u see a lot of paintings come thru this site....these are nice !

 

Thanks kome, twas supposed to be a happy emoji, not an embarrassment one, I agree

Definitely think they deserve a good framing job

Hopefully it will straighten the 1st one out a bit

 

I think I've seen a report about Eastern England that showed wet marshes and windmills recently. is there a region they call Holland ?
https://www.visiteastofengland.com/see-do/windmill

 

Thanks, fid, looks like they are all up in that Norfolk Suffolk area, so if it is a copy of something, might help me find it

 

If it's a copy, it's a nice one. The Instow one looks to be done from a photograph.

 

very very very very very very, very faint sig on the back in pencil of 2nd one

 

Been looking at alot of Lowry paintings since your comment deb, and your dead right

It's the composition of the figures at the forefront and how they differ in size that gives the great perspective

 

Charlie, I was using the term "perspective" in the art sense. A technically proficient artist will get it right even if working in a naive style.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_(graphical)

Debora

 

Yeah I get that deb

Just never realized before how much the change in figure size affects the painting

Always thought they were all the same size in lowrys work

But the gradual decrease in size of the figures from the front creates the depth

I don't really know what I'm talking about

But I can see the Appeal of his work no matter how naive

 

I'm loving Lowrys work, the other side of what you think should be good

But just is