BRUCE HEGGTVEIT

Titled verso "Sunny Afternoon at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii", signed lower right, oil on panel, 27.9 x 35.6cm (11 x 14in); artist's studio label verso, signed and dated 1999; Bruce Heggtveit, Canadian, 1917-2004; born in Maidstone, Saskatchewan into an artistic family, it wasn't until the 1970's that he decided to pursue art full-time; Heggtveit was also a gifted mentor and taught on-location classes at the Ottawa School of Art, St. Lawrence College and the Gatineau Group of Painters; this is a rare subject for the artist, who was perhaps best known for his Canadian landscape oils