Impressionist Landscape. Roches Point Ontario Canada By William A Drake. 1973

For sale is a superb painting by the Ontario Canada And New York Post Impressionist Landscape artist William Alexander Drake. (1891 - 1979) Provenance: Private Art collection: Larchmont , Westchester County, New York This painting features a lovely Post Impressionist view near Roches Point Ontario looking out over what is most likely Lake Simcoe. The colors and the mood in the painting suggest evening as the soft yellow orange light of the sun dances off of the wispy white clouds and is reflected down onto the water. The sky is brilliant and the distance horizon pulls your eye towards it. Just a beautiful impressionist painting. The painting is signed dated and titled on reverse by the artist. Unframed as pictured. Would look incredible in a gold gilded Plein air picture frame. Condition: Good Measurements: 10” x 12” Born in Toronto Canada Drake studied at the Ontario College of Art He painted in a post impressionist style for much of his career and won several “All Canada Exposition” awards for his paintings. After some time he left Ontario for New York City where he became a staff artist for NBC Studios painting many of the set designs and backdrops. He also worked on many Broadway plays as the Artistic Supervisor Becoming a member of the United Scenic Arts Union. He painted throughout his career and returned to Ontario often to paint. He painted in a post impressionistic style which had very bold colorful thick brush strokes. His pallet was often lush pastel colors in thick impasto strokes. Drake painted primarily in oils but also produced some lovely Watercolor works as well He passed away in 1979 in New Jersey and was buried in his native Ontario Canada at Roches Point. An area he captured quite often in his paintings.