This serene landscape oil painting of a New England rocky lake shore with pines leaning out over the water was painted by American artist William R. Davis (1952-). Davis was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, grew up in Hyannis Port, MA and became well-known in New England and across the country as a self-taught artist of luminist marine and landscape paintings. Oil on panel, signed lower left, as well as signed and dated and inscribed on verso “Lake Shore Vignette”, and housed in a beautiful giltwood frame. Dimensions: 7 in h x 5 in w, actual; 10 1/2 in h x 8 1/2 in w, framed.