AMANDA SNYDER Pacific NW Framed BLINKY Sad Clown From Life Oil Painting on Panel

Pacific NW artist, Amanda Snyder, oil painting on panel of a frowning clown, titled "Blinky From Life" as written on back. Signed at lower left. Frame measures 22 3/4" x 31 1/2", painting measures 14 3/4" x 23 1/4". Excellent condition, colors could pop a bit more if cleaned. As found: Amanda Tester Snyder's family, which included her brother artist Jefferson Tester, moved from Tennessee to Oregon when she was nine years old. In 1916, at the age of twenty-two, she married and moved to Portland with her husband. Snyder liked the rough texture of many layers of paint softened by scumbling, using that technique to great effect. In 1929 she met C.S. Price at one of his gallery shows. He later informed her that her work, especially the clowns and religious paintings, had something in common with the French painter Rouault. Snyder, who was not familiar with Rouault, had independently developed her use of heavy black outlines. She was, however, influenced by Charles Heaney, Price, and his cir