Chet Reneson (American, b. 1934), The Ride Home

Oil on board, signed at lower left, presented in a carved wood frame.

Board 19 x 40 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 25 3/4 x 47 in.

Chet Reneson is an artist specializing in sporting scenes including big game fishing, duck hunting, fly fishing, and Bahamian scenes. He graduated art school in 1960 at the University of Hartford in Connecticut under the instruction Henrik Mayer (American, 1908-1972). Chet worked commercially for a number of years before selling his first painting in 1966, and has been creating and selling his work ever since. Antiques and the Arts Weekly described Chet's work well: "Actually participating in, or at the very least witnessing the events he paints probably accounts for the magnetic attraction between viewer and painting. When standing in front of a Reneson watercolor, you have no doubt that the artist has been there. Reneson's art forces the viewer to use his imagination. He omits superfluous details, making his viewer mentally fill in the voids."

Good estate condition.