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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 120544, member: 37&quot;]The last painting is signed M. Lines and is dated 1948.&nbsp; I have not been able to attribute it to any known artist.&nbsp; As noted, it is heavily influenced by Grant Wood and/or other Regionalist painters. I picked this up on ebay for under $50.00 if I remember correctly.&nbsp; It was housed in a very damaged oak frame.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a style that I am particularly drawn to.&nbsp; I can&#039;t afford a multi-million dollar Grant Wood painting so this may be the next best thing.&nbsp; I suppose that some might prefer a print of the famous works but I tend to want original works of art.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have never understood the propensity for people to buy a print that everyone else has. I also think that prints of paintings never do the art justice.&nbsp; They are poor facsimiles IMHO.&nbsp; On the other hand, original prints in print mediums are a whole other kettle of fish.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I have noticed in putting these paintings up here is how dirty many of them are.&nbsp; I think this impacts how they can be appreciated and they are not being shown in their best light.&nbsp; I tend to be able to overlook this when I am purchasing but maybe some can not.&nbsp; I do my own cleaning and restorations so that may factor in to my approach.</p><p><br /></p><p>This last painting is particularly dirty and I could not keep my hands off it once I had it out.&nbsp; I began cleaning the sky area.&nbsp; Blues tend to suffer the most from soiling and is why we see so many paintings with yellow or green skies.&nbsp; The picture here shows this well.&nbsp; The center area has had an initial cleaning.&nbsp; I will need to go back over this and will apply a coat of new varnish once completely clean.&nbsp; At this interim step, the paintings tend to look dull and can have a white haze on them.&nbsp; This will be taken care of once&nbsp; completely clean and the varnish will enhance and deepen the colors.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30553[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Once I got into this, I realized that this painting is going to be a bigger project than I bargained for right now.&nbsp; It has a coat of old varnish that, not only is dirty, but has yellowed.&nbsp; Varnish removal is much trickier than just cleaning.&nbsp; I have removed the varnish in the center area but will need to postpone this work until I have more time down the road.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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