Featured in this lot is this oil on board by Washington artist Russell Frost born in 1927 and died in 1996. The artwork features a wonderfully and professionally crafted oil on board construction that shows a single man boat in rough seas speculatively in the Pacific Ocean due to the location of the artist. The painting is signed in the bottom right hand corner. Russell W. Frost (1927-1996), Frost served in the Army infantry in World War II, apprenticing briefly to a combat artist. Then he studied at Burnley School of Art in Seattle, and at Cornish Institute, where he met his wife, Betty Frost. They married in 1949 and became a team, living in picturesque settings around Puget Sound. He built many of the cabins. He also built boats. Mainly he painted. He often had a dozen canvases going, and frequently sold them to pay the light bill or to buy materials for his next piece. The condition of this framed acrylic painting is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage to the artwork or the frame and shows a well preserved overall condition. The measurements of this framed artwork is 22" x 33 3/4" and the visible artwork measures 17 1/2" x 29 1/2". The collective weight of this framed painting is 4lb 14oz.