This weekend I was driving home from Michigan and I saw an Antique Shop. It was on the other side of the road, I had to make one of those “quick” decisions. Stop or keep going. I decided to take the extra time, stop in.
Glad I did. I found this painting. I really liked the vibrancy of the blue color of the lake with sailboats.There were a lot of interesting things to see.
Some booths had such old things. I immediately thought of a movie set director needing some props for a WWII movie or something like that.
Antique shops are interesting by area too. What you find in Indiana would be different from California, Texas or New York for example.
An enjoyable outing.
Brilliant Viewpoint 
I love that painting!
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Me too.
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Thanks for sharing this. Anita
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Your welcome. Thanks for stopping by. I’m going to go visit you as well. 🙂
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I was just visiting your site. Tried to leave a comment, but I couldn’t. The message was I had to log into WP, but I’m already logged in. Sigh… I think I was able to LIKE the posts though.
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Thanks 😀
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Did you bring the painting home with you? It really is a nice piece!
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Yes, I really liked it. The only issue is hanging it. Maybe you can see, they have the wire so you hang the painting and you SEE the wire. Strange. The wood frame is very heavy. So, I thought, I can either add some material around the wire, keep it as it OR I would have to buy some new wire, hooks to secure it lower on the frame. Otherwise, I LIKE it! I found it right at the VERY END, about to leave, looked to the LEFT and there it was!! A LUCKY FIND!
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The “antique” way of hanging framed pieces was with the wire showing above, so maybe it’s not a surprise to see the wire so long.
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You are RIGHT, I was trying to remember when I saw pictures hung like that. It was a long time ago. That’s why I think I should leave it “as is,” but maybe put something around the wire, some material. I will think about it. The frame is a little banged up, but I like it because its unique and the blue is nice.
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I like it! Good find. Was it signed? Any idea of the artist or the year?
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It’s hard to see unless I were to take the picture out of the frame. A few years ago I heard that artists were not putting their name on the bottom right of the painting anymore. Did you hear that?
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No, but we have been absent from the art world for the past few years due to the pandemic. I know my mom often signs the back as well, with the title and date, as well as her initials on the front and her initials are often large! I’ll have to observe when I go gallery visiting again.
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