Maurice Crawshaw (b.1947) Signed Impressionist Oil – Clouds over Countryside

“Cloudy Sky” by Maurice Crawshaw (British, born 1947) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas measurements:10 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, England A very lovely English Impressionist oil painting by the well listed and regarded painter, Maurice Crawshaw (born 1947). The work is signed and came from a large private collection of the artists work, here in England. Maurice William Crawshaw was born in 1947 in the city of Sheffield and began his working life in the steel works. His talent for sketching saw him leave Sheffield and head for Norfolk to pursue a career as a photographer and commercial artist. It was in Norfolk where he was introduced to oils and the works of the impressionists, studying them all extensively, he was inspired to produce oil paintings himself favouring the impressionists style and colouration. Maurice’s paintings convey an amazing sense of expanse and distance coupled with expressive texturing of foreground and detail, giving in all a tremendous depth to his work. Maurice is now an elected member of Royal Society of Miniature Painters (RSM) and the Society of Limners (SLm) gaining honourable mentions with both societies. Condition report: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition.