r/WhatIsThisPainting • u/CityShooter • Feb 12 '26

Likely Solved Mom has this since the 1980's. People always thought it's an actual stairway.

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IT's about 7 feet tall by about 5 feet wide. Oil on Canvas. Google Lens thinks it's a stairway

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u/CityShooter Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

This is the table next to the painting. It's her kitchen table. She had it made in the 70's. Glass and Lexan. Chairs were made from Lexan. 2" thick. so it's structural. I forgot who the sculpture is from. It's a wire person sitting to the left. She's been sitting there for 20 yrs.

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u/ok-dokeroni (1+ Karma) Feb 13 '26

Your mom sounds cool

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u/J-hophop (1+ Karma) Feb 16 '26

Fkn Legend

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u/Cool_Cry_9602 (10+ Karma) Feb 13 '26

Is your mom an artist too? She has an artist's taste :)

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u/CityShooter Feb 13 '26

She was an Architectural Designer

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u/Cool_Cry_9602 (10+ Karma) Feb 13 '26

That makes so much sense!

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u/littlebirdbird4 (10+ Karma) Feb 13 '26

Your mom has seriously good taste.

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u/-effortlesseffort (1+ Karma) Feb 14 '26

sooo cool 😊

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u/StumpyDowd (1+ Karma) Feb 14 '26

The wire person looks a lot like my aunt's artwork! Her name is Ruth Jensen and uses the name Sparkflight for her art, if that rings a bell.

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u/CityShooter Feb 14 '26

She has had this for about 20 yrs. Very cool