Joy Clinton Shepherd (AMERICAN / NEW YORK / FLORIDA / IOWA, 1888 - 1975) original oil painting on canvas, a very unusual scene for the artist, depicting a man in a suit guiding a woman and man in Naval commercial vesseluniform behind her; they are traversing a heavily wooded area as if to avoid detection. We suspect a scene from a movie or novel. Signed J. CLINTON SHEPHERD to lower right. Mounted in a gilt stylized leaf frame withfabric matting. Canvas on stretcher measures approx. 38" height x 30" width. Measures approx. 46" height x 38 1/2" width overall including mat & frame. Provenance: Acquired from a Boca Raton, FL estate. About theBeach, Florida from 1941 to 1946. His specialty was painting in realist style western subjects and animals. Shepherd studied for two years at the University of Missouri, and then he and his brother,