Impressionist Oil Painting with Artist Signature

This item is an original oil painting executed on a textured canvas or board substrate. The image focuses on a specific portion of the work featuring the artist's signature, likely reading 'Monky' or a similar variation in a dark brownish-red pigment. The painting style is distinctly impressionistic, characterized by heavy, visible brushstrokes and a layered impasto technique that creates a tactile, three-dimensional surface. The color palette in this section consists of muted earthy tones, including ochre, beige, sienna, and hints of pale blue and lilac grey, suggesting a landscape or architectural subject. The construction shows a sophisticated layering of pigments where lower layers peek through the broken application of the top coat. Regarding condition, there is visible surface grime consistent with age, and the texture shows some potential brittleness in the paint film, which is common in mid-20th-century oil works. The signature is integrated into the wet paint, indicating it was signed at the time of creation rather than later. The craftsmanship displays a confident hand with a quick, expressive application of medium. The style and signature suggest a mid-to-late 20th-century origin, likely belonging to a regional or decorative arts tradition where heavy texture was used to evoke atmospheric depth.