Blessing "Betty" LeMohn (American, 1909-1973) Buckthorne Cove Mendocino, CA cliffside coastal landscape oil painting on canvas. Signed lower left. Artwork dated on reverse August 1965. Artwork in frame measures 12.75" x 15.75”. Frame has scattered, small gold leaf finish losses and age appropriate wear.
Blessing LeMohn was an American painter whose landscapes and coastal scenes celebrate the rugged beauty of the American West. Born in Tacoma, Washington, she moved to Los Angeles as a child and later studied in New York under noted portrait painter Robert Brackman. After marrying artist Frank P. Maginnis, LeMohn lived and worked in California and British Columbia, drawing inspiration from the rural countryside, forests, and Pacific coastline that became recurring subjects throughout her career.
