This winter landscape with a river and mountain 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 canvasboard, signed lower right, as well as signed, dated, and inscribed on verso “Winter Sketch #11”, and housed in a decorative giltwood frame. Dimensions: 5 in h x 7 in w, actual; 7 in h x 8 3/4 in w, framed.