1st item: Oil on board landscape painting depicting a barn and power lines. Signed "Helen C. Meredith '45" in red, lower right, and additionally signed en verso. Label from Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN affixed en verso. Housed in a contemporary metallic frame. Sight: 15 1/4" H x 19 1/2" W. Framed: 19 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Possibly a local Knoxville artist. 2nd item: Oil on canvas maritime painting titled "Herreshoff Eagle" depicting a sailboat sailing in the ocean, a second sailboat visible in the background, rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Titled and dated "1971" en verso of canvas. Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN label en verso of brown paper backing. Housed in a contemporary giltwood frame. Sight: 19 3/4" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed: 24" H x 20" W.

CONDITION: 1st item: Area of flaking in lower-left corner and some scattered areas. Areas of abrasion in upper and lower edge, and abrasion on left edge from wear against frame. 2nd item: Overall good condition with slight surface grime and areas of paint flakes/loss, largest 1/2" x 1/2", primarily to main sail of sailboat. Buckling to canvas, primarily to top left quadrant.