'Estuary at Sunset' by Vernon Nye, New York, California, American Watercolor Society, Society of Western Artists

Signed lower left, 'Vernon Nye' (American, 1915-2013), inscribed 'AWS' and painted circa 1975. A key figure in California's post-war watercolor revival, Vernon Nye was raised in New York where he first studied art at the Mechanics Institute and, later, with Eliot O'Hara and Roy Mason. After working as a book illustrator, he moved to California where he taught painting at Riverside College and led watercolor workshops all over the world including in Japan, Europe and Hawaii. The recipient of num