Featured Possibly my first treasure at thrift shop?

Well the other day i was at the thrift shop on my way home and i was looking at the pictures and i noticed this picture on the top of the rack. It really captured my eye and for only 5.00 dollars i decided to grab it. I knew it was signed but didnt have much battery on my phone to look it up at the store so i just waited until i got home. I went online and at first wasnt coming up with nothing but then i stumbled across the name of "Mike Larsen". I was wanting to get your opinion if you think this was done by him? This an original as i already looked through it with a magnifying glass and saw paint and brush marks. It is framed and behind glass. If you have any info on possibly value as well? Thank you for your time helping me out! sorry for the glare spots by the way!

 

It sure looks right,fingers crossed for you .By the way,PSA stands for pastel society of america and they dont let people use that unless they are highly thought of.

 

It certainly does look right. Why don't you contact Martha at his studio? She should be able to confirm, provide title and date painted.

http://www.larsenstudio.com/contact.html

Debora

 

Awesome! Thank you guys for the feedback and Debora ill have to email her and see what she says! Thanks again!

 

Please let us know what happens. It does look like a skillfully done piece of art. Finger's crossed!

 

How big is the actual painting?

 

Great find. I love it. Great technique, and he captured the spirit of the man beautifully.

 

If it's signed with PSA, wouldn't it be likely that this is a pastel?

 

http://www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org/

Debora

 

This is a good clarification for when Rink28 makes a contact to Martha at the studio. The initial post mentioned seeing "paint and brush marks". If you do contact the studio, tell them it is a pastel.

 

Being a pastel would explain why it was framed under glass, something that's not typically done with oils.

Debora

 

and if it's worth any coin....change the mats...

 

Cool Story! and 1st treasure but, even if it's not, you did well for $5 i think.

 

Wow! Hope it genuine, can’t see why it wouldn’t be from the looks of things. Mike Larsens is a very well thought of artist, great Native American portraits. His prices aren’t anything to be brushed off either, very impressive.

He doesn’t generally put PSA on his works but maybe closer to him becoming a member he chose to put it on his newer works. Definately should contact the artist, always cool to get any perspective they have on the work too

 

Thank you all for the information and the kind comments! I should here something back on Monday as the email on their site wasn't working at the moment and was able to contact Martha on their phone number. She said she would take a look at it on Monday and will get back to me. Ill let you you guys know what she says! Thank you again!

 

Just reading this thread for the first time. I hope it's good news! But in any case, it's very nice.

 

Hello, im sorry for the super late response on this i got caught up with some stuff but martha did contact me back and she did tell me that it is a pastel painting that was done by him and its worth 1400! I am selling this so if you are interested please inbox me and we can go from there thank you again everyone!

 

Great news, Rink! Thanks for sharing the response. Again, nice find!

 

Wonderful to know, thanks for the update, rink.

 

Wow!!!! That's AWESOME for you, rink!!!!!!!!!