Need Help Identifying a Painting, Please

Hello!
I just got back from an estate sale in Los Angeles (Glendale) with this painting. I did some searching and found Richard Wilson, but I can't be certain if it's the same artist. Is anyone familiar with his work?

 

Richard Wilson is a better artist ...
https://richardwilsonart.com/product-category/prints/landscape-series-prints/

Your's has the feel of 1970s decorative art.
Here's another by the same artist ...
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/142...how_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

 

staples on the back, frame made from multiple pieces of glued together wood... those brush strokes leaves.....
maybe 80's or 90's decorative art....

 

dry season....& wet season..!!!

 

As above. Decorative rather than fine art. Meant to be hung and enjoyed. Glancing through the estate sale photographs, all I see are decorative pieces. Here are others, for example. This type of work is commercially produced in art factories and pieces are signed with a pseudonym. I agree with others re date.

Debora

 

Thanks! I will look out for this pitfall at the next one. Is there a difference that would be obvious to a novice like me?

 

Haha! I think this was the house I went to!

 

Thanks! Luckily, I only paid $25 for the painting and a few other items.

 

Look for a sense of a painter in a hurry, taking shortcuts to save time. For example, in landscapes, the leaves will often look like they were made with the clone tool from Photoshop (they're not, but they have that look). The subject matter will often be a bit formulaic or cliche (but a popular cliche).

The canvas will be stapled to the frame, and the painting will continue around the edge of the frame. This is because often they are painted on unframed canvas, shipped flat to the destination country, and then framed there.

 

Wow. Thank you. That is great advice. I will definitely keep an eye out for those things at the next estate sale. Much appreciated.

 

Also, factory paintings have no soul, no feeling. Paintings by real artists do.
If you look at museum collections you can learn to see (and feel) the difference. Many museums have online collections, often with a zoom function so you can study details like brush strokes.

 

The quickly applied sponge technique is used a lot for foliage as Smallaxe said.

 

these pics need to be pinned at the top of the forum...... as they say it all !!!!

 

Thank you! I didn't think of that!

 

I always say factory paintings are done with the minimum effort for maximum effect. Time being money.

Debora