Laddie Waters (1933-2022) American, Oil on Canvas. Titled "A Part of St. Mary's" on the back. Signed lower right front and on back as well. Depicts a shared lot between various buildings with debris scattered around, while a child plays in the dirt and a woman hangs laundry.

Depth: 1 1/4 in.

Overall size: 25 X 21 in.

Sight size: 21 1/4 X 17 in.

#1578 .

John Paul Waters, Jr., known as “Laddie Waters,” was born in Washington, D.C., in 1933. The son of a butcher, he encountered people from all over the country who flocked to the capital during the tumultuous decade that followed. In elementary school, he showed an aptitude for oil painting, and after the divorce of his parents in 1944 he moved with his mother to Baltimore, Maryland, where he lived the rest of his life. He was a 1954 graduate of Baltimore City College and attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, studying under Jacques Maroger and his apprentice, Ann Schuler. He earned a Fine Arts degree and served with the Maryland National Guard for two years, before returning to art full time. He met and married Elizabeth O’Connor in 1978; they had two daughters who attended Baltimore School for the Arts and became artists as well. As a mentor to countless Baltimore artists who saw and recorded figures and landscapes in rich colors, he was particularly known for impressionistic depictions in the Flemish technique, creating his own paint using linseed oil, lead carbonate, and mastich varnish on his kitchen stovetop. He died of COVID-19 complications on November 14th, 2022.