Framed sailboat watercolor found near City Dock
Description
I found a small framed watercolor of a sailboat this afternoon around 2:15 pm, sitting on the bench outside Chick & Ruth's Delly on Main Street near the City Dock in Annapolis. It's an 8x10 inch piece in a whitewashed wooden frame, the sailboat painted in blues with a sunset pink sky. On the back there's a Harbor Studio Annapolis tag and the artist's initials 'L.K.' stamped in the corner. The frame has a couple of minor scratches but the painting itself is in nice shape. If this belongs to someone, I'd really love to get it back to them—these pieces feel special and I know it would mean a lot.
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