Vintage nautical oil painting depicting a tall ship under full sail at sea, signed lower right M. J. Costello (b.1957), executed with confident palette knife texture and layered brushwork, presented in a wood frame with linen matting.

Michael Costello is an established painter who has exhibited in Provincetown for over 30 years. Costello studied at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston under Barnett Rubinstein working as an optical realist with a focus on 20th century objects and their iconographic place in history. Costello was the first recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Masters to Byrdcliffe, NY. Costello currently splits his time between his studio in Boston and Provincetown where he continues to search for our innate humanness through his figures

The painting is in very good vintage condition with light age-appropriate wear to the frame and mat, and the artwork itself is clean and well preserved. Overall framed dimensions measure approximately 28.5 inches tall by 32.5 inches wide, with a sight size of approximately 19.25 inches by 23 inches.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: The painting is in very good vintage condition with light age-appropriate wear to the frame and mat, and the artwork itself is clean and well preserved.

Origin:
United States

Materials & Techniques:
Canvas, Wood

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Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; The painting is in very good vintage condition with light age-appropriate wear to the frame and mat, and the artwork itself is clean and well preserved.