Vtg Folk Art Painting Ken Abendana Spencer Jamaica Oil Acrylic on Canvas HUGE

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Vtg Folk Art Orig. Painting Signed K. Spencer Jamaica Oil Acrylic on Canvas HUGE. Original oil or acrylic on canvas, measures approx. 55-1/4" across and 37-1/2" tall. Please see pics for condition. Signed K. Spencer Jamaica. There are 2 known artists with that name:
Kenneth Abendana Spencer (born Kenneth Abandamo) (13 April 1929 – 28 December 2005) was a Jamaican artist.
Spencer had talent as a painter of scenes of Jamaican life which, as a boy, he would sell for pocket-money in the capital of Kingston. In the 1950s he traveled to the UK but did not take the opportunity to attend Art School. Instead, he continued to sell his works, eventually buying a car, which became both his gallery and means of transport. He became an habitué and favourite of the basement clubs and jazz bars of Soho.
His artistic education, such as it was, consisted of frequent visits to museums and art galleries where he picked up his technique. On returning to Jamaica in the 1970s, he started building a large house in Fisherman's Park, Long Bay, Portland. Six stories high with circular staircases and a vast studio, it was half castle and half temple, surrounded by a high wall. Here he settled with his common-law wife and two sons. It remains a tourist attraction. From there he continued to paint figurative canvasses - seascapes, landscapes, vignettes of Jamaican life and, from the 1970s, individual character sketches.
He  has a son, Kenneth Abendana Spencer Jr. who also paints. I do not know which one painted this.
Ken A Spencer Jr., Son of reknowned painter Ken Spencer has followed in the footsteps of his famous fathers style.
Ken Abendana Spencer jr. was born 1970 in Port Antonio, Portland Jamaica and is the son and namesake of one of Jamaica’s most esteemed and celebrated artists Kenneth Abendana Spencer, whose work is on permanent display at the National Gallery of Jamaica in Kingston
Spencer Jr. started painting at the age early of four under the tutelage of his famous father and has grown into his own right as a phenomenal artist whose favorite subjects are fishing boats, seascapes and village life – inspired by life around him in his hometown of Long Bay.
Please see pics for condition. Buyer may want to reframe, as there is surface damage to the frame and the paper backing is soiled and torn in spots. I did not find any damage on the canvas painting itself.
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