Modernist Landscape Oil Painting, Marquette 1981

This is a rectangular modernist oil painting on canvas or board, dated to 1981 and associated with Marquette. The artwork depicts a scenic landscape view, likely from a window or porch, featuring large, stylized trees in the foreground with a body of water and a low horizon line in the distance. The color palette is dominated by earthy greens, deep browns, and muted greys, with a hint of warm terracotta and pale pink on the framing structure to the right. The technique is characterized by heavy impasto and visible palette knife work, creating a thick, sculptural texture that is particularly prominent in the foliage. Significant craquelure is visible in the upper center of the composition, indicating the aging of thick paint layers. The piece is housed in a simple, wider-profile wooden frame with a light pinkish or peach-toned finish and a thin gold-toned inner fillet. The style is late 20th-century American modernism, showing an emphasis on form and texture over fine detail. The condition suggests stable but brittle paint surfaces with some darkening of the varnish over time.