Original 1978 Oil Painting – “The Park” Landscape – Central Coast Art Associatio

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