What did I find? Interesting 1970s ''For Free'' painting

Today I was walking the dog and found this painting with a label reading 'for free'. This happens a lot in the are where I live, Think its a local tradition or so.

I do like the painting, but I cant read the signature. Does the surname start with a J or a G and some other letters that I have difficulties with.

Juts underneath the signature I can maybe see a date which I think is ''75 or 73.

Its a very very dirty painting. I wanted to read the signature and cleaned the signature area a bit, and you can see the difference.

Can somebody help with the artist name or other info is also welcome. Thank you

 

? B J Woodward maybe

 

I see B.J. Woodward too.

Debora

 

yes i can see it now. Im going blind .
Shame, cant seem to find records of this artist in artnet or else.
The colors and horses remind me a bit the paintings by Marc Chagall

 

High school art IMO

 

Probably an amateur artist, so you may not find any record of them.

 

The frame is doing it no favours but I agree, the image is striking. I love the idiosyncrasies in amateur work, I collect cheaper examples of it myself. Chagall is a good call, maybe in future you can take a look at how his works are framed, something similar would look lovely with this

 

The white horse has a lot of unusual depth which raises it a few notches above what you often see in thrift shops.