Signed on lower left corner Ray Ellis C.1994. Subject depicts a woman and child in light toned colors walking towards a beach along green bushes with pink flowers. Professionally framed in gold metal leafed wooden frame in off white matting. Approximately 32 x 38 inches, window measures 21.5 x 27 inches. Not viewed outside of frame. RAY ELLIS painted for over seventy years on all seven continents. He is widely recognized for the originality of his paintings. Ellis was born in Philadelphia and attended the famed Philadelphia Museum School of Art. His first one-man show was held in 1947 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After serving four years in the Coast Guard during WWII, he founded his own advertising agency in New Jersey and New York. He continued to paint in his spare time. During this period he was elected to the American Watercolor Society, and his works were widely exhibited