Need help identifying artist work and signature on vintage oil paintings. Thank you

[loofiam]

[biggymoe]

F Enrique??

[maxine*j]

I'd guess the last name as Enriquez, with an elogated exaggerated Z at the end.  I say that only because Enrique is usually a given name, and Enriquez is usually a surname.   The first initial looks like an F in one case and an E in the other.

I can't say for sure if it's truly naïve or faux naïve, but I definitely lean towards its being the latter.  

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[melda58]

Hmmm...here's are links to prints of what appear to be the same images as yours but by a different artist, P. Buckley Moss.   Apologies if I'm incorrect, but from what I can see, I'm wondering if you have prints not oil paintings? 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255556448817?nma=true&si=ZeEsdmBLaqEcPmGU1x36IBozDVM%253D&orig_cvip=true&no...

http://p-buckley-moss.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=0182124001&Category_Code=R...

Rita

[argon38]

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@melda58 wrote:

Hmmm...here's are links to prints of what appear to be the same images as yours but by a different artist, P. Buckley Moss.  

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Now that is curious.

[maxine*j]

OP's second painting is a detail from Moss's  "Beauty on the Row."

https://canadagoosegallery.com/product/p-buckley-moss-beauty-on-the-row/

So I say that Mr Enriquez was copying the Moss paintings, as a student, or for his own walls, or whatever.

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[loofiam]

When I bought them P Buckley Moss came to my mind, I thought they looked like her work. I'm not sure what to think, maybe they are some kind of prints. Thank you

[maxine*j]

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@maxine*j wrote:

OP's second painting is a detail from Moss's  "Beauty on the Row."

https://canadagoosegallery.com/product/p-buckley-moss-beauty-on-the-row/

So I say that Mr Enriquez was copying the Moss paintings, as a student, or for his own walls, or whatever.

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No, I'm wrong.  There is a Moss called "House by the Park," of which OP's is a copy.  Moss did several similar views.

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[melda58]

The link I found (second one) gives the Moss print the same title as OP's artist (House by the Park).  Perhaps Mr. Enrique added his name to Moss prints somehow?  OP's do not look like paintings to me.   I don't see any variation between OP's and Moss prints.  

Rita

[maxine*j]

People have many reasons for copying paintings, most of them not nefarious.  When the size is different, along with a few details, and the works are boldly signed by the copyists, they're not problematic.

Now, if these are prints, that's another matter.  I mean, producing more than one copy of a painting may point to a dubious motive.

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[maxine*j]

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@melda58 wrote:

The link I found (second one) gives the Moss print the same title as OP's artist (House by the Park).  Perhaps Mr. Enrique added his name to Moss prints somehow?  OP's do not look like paintings to me.   I don't see any variation between OP's and Moss prints.  

Rita

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Yeah, I caught and tried to correct my mistake with a second post.  Anyhow, I can't tell if what OP has are paintings, prints, or reproductions.  Maybe he can tell us for sure.   If they're paintings, I understand.  If they're not, I'm baffled. 

The printing on the backs, including the misspelling, is something else that inclines me towards their being one-off copies, paintings, by the way.

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[argon38]

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@maxine*j wrote:

So I say that Mr Enriquez was copying the Moss paintings, as a student, or for his own walls, or whatever.

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I think this is right. They are very close copies of Moss' work, but they are manual (and somewhat inferior) copies. Compare roofs, bricks, door:

[melda58]

Oh could have fooled me!  Now that I see your enlarged sharp photos I see the differences.

Rita

[maxine*j]

I haven't taken the time to track down the dates when Moss painted the originals, to see if the dates on OP's are the dates they were originally painted or the dates Enriquez copied them.

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[loofiam]

They are watercolor paintings glued on to a board.