Impasto Floral Still Life Oil Painting by B. Jance

This is an original mid-to-late 20th-century floral still life executed in oil on canvas. The composition features a vibrant bouquet of yellow pompon-style flowers and white blossoms in a dark green glass vase, set alongside a red book and a bowl containing red and green fruit. The artistic style is characterized by heavy impasto, where paint is applied in thick, sculptural strokes to create physical texture, particularly evident in the yellow flower heads. The color palette is dominated by earthy greens, ochre, and brilliant yellows, contrasted against the deep red of the book and fruits. The background is rendered in muted, neutral tones of tan and grey. Evaluation of the canvas shows it is unframed with visible tacking edges, indicating a mid-century era construction. A signature, 'B. Jance', is clearly visible in the lower right corner in dark script. The condition is generally good, though the exposed canvas edges show slight fraying and age-related darkening. The paint surface appears stable, but some fine craquelure may be present under closer inspection due to the thickness of the paint layers. No major losses or repairs are immediately visible. The work demonstrates confident brushwork and a mastery of the impasto technique common in expressionistic still-life studies from the 1960s or 70s.