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Any idea of painting technique? Looks almost spray painted.

Hard Edge-
Tape it and go!

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It looks like spray paint or maybe airbrush.

I'm confused
Is that one single canvas board that has an early image on one side and a later image on the other? Or is it two different panels? Because I'm trying to figure out why the first one would have been done on the back side of an artist board (canvas board)?

One image on front, one on...
One image on front, one on the back...that's what confused me as well. Notice the dates...

I think the later one is on...
I think the later one is on the back of the origanal , the original looks like pastel to me and the copy looks like acrilic paint. I think I see brush strokes on the copy.

There is an artist named...
There is an artist named Mark Pulliam that signs his work 'Pulliam' with a year. He's too young to have been painting in '62 but I'm pretty sure he was doing art work in '80. It might be worth sending him an email just asking if he knows of another Pulliam that might have done this, possibly a relative. At any rate it might make for an interesting correspondence.
A link to his website is below. There's an email address on the contact page of the site.
http://www.markpulliam.net/

The original
looks as though it may have been brushed due to what appears to be brush marks/streaks. If the artist used a relatively dry brush technique, that could partially account for the lack of uniformity in the fields painted.

But,
it could also be pastels. Have you tried lightly rubbing a small area to see if the color rubbed comes off on your finger?

Thanks for the link...i'll se...
Thanks for the link...i'll send a mail.
Nothing rubs off but if you look at the '62 side you can see where some paint "scratched" off. Thanks all for the insight, this one has been bugging me for a while.

When I say nothing rubs off...
When I say nothing rubs off I am speaking of the '62 version. The '80 version is under glass (glare free).

Response to email
Below is an email exchange between myself and the link provided...shot down.
Thanks for the insight on the tchnical aspects. Back into storag it goes.
Not me or anyone in my family. I haven't even heard for another Pulliam artist.
Thanks for asking.
Mark
On Aug 30, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Classic Form wrote:
Hello Mark,
I purchased an interesting painting several years ago that is signed Pulliam with a date of '62 on one side and 1962-1980 on the other. I know you would be too young to have painted this but am wondering if there were other artists in your family that may have been involved?
I have included an image of the back and one of the front. The two paintings appear to have been done at two different times, one in '62 and the other in '80 on the same board.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,

a teaching opertunity
Giclee prints are usualiy a giveaway that your not looking at fine art. Not that the "artist" isn't valid or the work they're making can't be interesting but the term Giclee is just another way to say inkjet which has been embraced by the craft fair set to up sell their computer printout reproductions of their "paintings". I personally don't care for your piece but I wouldn't be discouraged by the fact that the aboved mentioned artist didn't know who made it. I like the mystery though and for that reason I'll make another guess, its a child who copied their parents pastel from memory which I think is something.

Thanks AF...i'm with you, I d...
Thanks AF...i'm with you, I don't much care for it either...it's never been displayed, not sure why I've kept it. Seems like a good piece for a kids room but guess what? No kids.
I seem to have a few pieces that are like that. Purchased due to thrift-store price and never see the light of day:-)
Once home they don't fit in anywhere or the thrill is gone as it were and by that time it's just easier to store than sell.