Merimere Reservoir, Hubbard Park, Meriden CT, Old Folk Art Oil on Board Painting Windsor & Newton Artists’ Water Colours Closed: 7 3/8" long x

Closed: 7 3/8" long x 1 1/8" wide x 9/16" deep

Signed with what appears to be a "Ia" at top left

this is quite an old one--dating sometime between the late 19th century and the 1920s--and quite a wonderful one

These are exactly the sort I like--very earthy

Merimere Reservoir, Hubbard Park, Meriden CT, Old Folk Art Oil on Board Painting Windsor & Newton Artists’ Water Colours Closed: 7 3/8" long xI'm always looking for old folk art oil and board landscapes in this manner honest and completely unfussy this one depicting a view of the Merimere Reservoir in Meriden Connectcut. I love the salmon pinkish sky and that band of near white on the pale blue water, and also the almost surreal appearance of the trees along the shore, which may be product of some combination of the way they were painted and the effects of time. Feels resolute and also