This is an original oil painting titled “The Park,” completed in 1978 and presented in a substantial, ornate gold-toned frame. The composition depicts a quiet village or park scene with a small red-roofed structure, tall slender trees, a larger building in the background, flowering shrubs, and a lone walking figure in the foreground beneath a bright sky with layered white clouds. The brushwork is confident and expressive, carrying the relaxed, impressionistic character often found in late-20th-century regional American landscape painting. The surface shows genuine hand-applied paint texture rather than print reproduction, confirming this as an original painted work rather than a decorative print.
The painting remains housed in its original exhibition frame, which features deep molded profile lines and aged gold finish with visible patina consistent with vintage framing. The back retains an original Central Coast Art Association exhibition record from 1978 indicating the title, medium as oil, and exhibition history, adding provenance and confirming the painting’s participation in a regional art show. The artist is not visibly signed on the front, which is common for exhibition works of this type. Measurements are shown clearly in the accompanying photos and should be referenced directly for sizing, as no written dimensions are assumed or stated outside of what is visibly documented.
Condition appears very good for a vintage oil painting of this age, with stable paint surface and only minor age-appropriate wear to the frame finish. This piece presents as a ready-to-display original artwork with authentic period character and documented exhibition history, ideal for collectors of vintage regional landscape painting or for adding warmth and story to an interior space.
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