Claude Howell (NC, 1915-1997), Decoys and Bird's Nest

Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, titled to verso of stretcher, framed.

Stretcher size 30 x 24 in.; Frame dimensions 34 5/8 x 28 3/4 in.

From the Estate of Ralph and Hilda Godwin, Wilmington, North Carolina, Gifted from the Artist to the Ralph and Hilda

Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Howell received his early artistic training from an eccentric British transplant, Elisabeth Chant. He went on to seek further training during his travels to artist colonies in the Northeast, New York, and Paris. Through these travels, Howell learned to paint what he knew and loved - life along the Cape Fear.

Good estate condition.