Impressionistic Landscape Painting of Sheep in a Highland Pasture

This item is an original oil or acrylic painting on board or canvas, depicting a rural landscape featuring a flock of sheep grazing in a green, mountainous terrain. The artwork utilizes an impressionistic style with visible, expressive brushwork and a muted palette of greens, ochre, and deep blues. In the foreground, a dark, rocky wall or ledge provides compositional depth, leading the eye toward a central sheep marked with red. The background features a steep, hazy hillside under a cloudy sky. The painting is housed in a substantial, multi-tiered transitional frame. The frame consists of a wide, off-white wooden cove with a distressed or 'shabby chic' finish, accented by an inner gold-toned fillet and an outer edge decorated with a decorative foliate or gadrooned molding. Regarding condition, the frame shows some minor separation at the mitered corners and slight scuffs to the finish consistent with mid-20th-century age, while the painted surface appears stable. A faint signature is visible in the lower right corner, though it is difficult to decipher from the image provided. The overall craftsmanship suggests a professional artist, possibly from the mid-to-late 20th century, capturing a scene reminiscent of the British Isles or Ireland.