Is this a very nice factory painting?

Found this on my trip to a local town at a thrift/antique store for 3.00. 18" x 22" Oil on Canvas signed Van Bell
Maybe a bit over kill on the frame.
Any thoughts

Mikey

 

Sure looks like factory art to me, and no doubt in its original frame.

 

Looks like factory art to me, too. I saw other paintings with the same signature in Google images, and they looked very similar. I think that's another indication that they're factory paintings.

 

Hi Mikey,
Factory or Starving Artist painting for sure. You bought the painting and picked out your frame. Some people's taste is really strange. (I guess they say that about mine also)lol
greg

 

Good morning all. I guess I should have worded. it differently. I knew. it was factory when I bought it, but thought it was much better than most I had seen of this type. Especially with. this sig.
Mikey

 

Hi Mikey,
In a different frame and with a hungry wolf looking at the cabin would improve it in my eyes. lol
Heck the frame is worth more than 3 dollars. It is a little better than than most of them you see.
greg

 

I've always called those paintings "art by the yard". The frame alone would cost $50 new in an art supply store, so you did well regardless.

 

Thanks all, I think Ill list it. only problem is packing. Ill have to buy a box and have to set my price to make up for the cost of packing.

 

If it's oversized, shipping is going to hurt. I had to ship a piece of advertising art out to California once. It weighed less than three pounds but cost over $30 due to the size.

 

I know it is going to be costly. I am looking at over 7 lbs after packing.

 

Once you get over a certain size, the rate defaults to a 30-pound box no matter what it really weighs. Of course, that means you can pack the **** out of it and not worry about weight.

 

I worked in a store that sold factory paintings and they almost always came in those frames with fabric inset. That's most likely the original frame it came with.

 

I think I'd like the frame with a different painting, and also think this painting would be improved with a simpler frame.

 

I think you're right. The picture is begging for barn wood. The right thing for the frame will come along eventually.