John Sanderson Wells

Planning the Journey

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 24 x 36 inches Framed size: 36.75 x 48.75 inches Signed lower right

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 28 x 36.25 inches Framed size: 33 x 41.25 inches Signed lower right

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20.5 x 27.5 inches Framed size: 24.75 x 32 inches Signed lower right

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 28 x 36 inches Framed size: 36.75 x 44.75 inches Signed lower right

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned A Gunfight Forthcoming

Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...

"The Circumnavigators Route" Charles Willis 1878 - 1963 Portrait painter and commercial artist who also painted historical conversation pieces. Painted many portraits of Royalty, sev...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "J. Buxton 2018*2019" on lower left Artist Statement “My inspiration for this piece, like most of my historical Woodland Frontier pieces, is a result of many years of research into our 18th century heritage. Most often I am painting those actual scenes recorded in history, as conflict and hardship shaped this young country. However, I also paint generic historical scenes of everyday life. This is one of those, when I have fun painting the personality of an engagement between man, women and horse...” —John Buxton...