G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones, Texas, 1933-2017), South Padre Island, oil on canvas board, signed lower left, dated by the family to 1966

sight: 4 x 12 in., frame: 14 x 22 in.

Provenance: From the collection of the artist, accompanied by certificate and letter of authenticity from the family gallery, Whistle Pik Gallery, attesting that this work hung in the artist's home from 1966 to 2017

Gerald Harvey Jones, "G. Harvey", was a celebrated artist and lifelong Texan whose youth spent in the Texas Hill Country helped inform his nostalgic and evocative imagery of Western scenes and scenes of Americana. Harvey was a prolific artist and often compared to Impressionist masters such as Edouard Cortes. His paintings have appeared in prestigious sites, including the White House, the National Archives, the Treasury Building, and the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History.