Well it looks like the last name could be Laipe - with two initials before it. The J is clear, but the other? J C period? At first I thought Lahze, but the way the letters are all joined, I think it's Laipe. I suppose those first letters could be part of a last name, but it looks like Laipe is separate to me. But I'm no expert! Maybe J.t. Laipe or J.t. Lahze?

eta I wondered if it could say J4 at the beginning and wondered if there was a mountain called J4. Couldn't find anything online except one reference to June Mountain CA and j4 might have been a ski run there. But pics I found online don't really seem to be that mountain.

Jefi Laize

J 4 a Lapze

It's like trying to decipher vanity plates. LOL

Looks like a Bob Ross How-to to me. I'm not dissing Bob Ross, it's just like his style though.

Might also be Jeta - I know a woman with this as her first name.

Laire, Laipe, Laipze, Lapze or Laize all look like good guesses to me.

I see " J Talaire " but I googled it every which way I could and didn't have any luck. I hate these mysteries !! LOL I had a statue once with some odd hallmarks on the bottom and I spent months trying to figure it out . I posted it on all kinds of Antique forums and someone finally knew what it was and was nice enough to tell me all about it . I'll be looking at this signature all night now !!!! :)

Could the name Flintstone work there?

To me, it looks like J. Talaipe - or J. Talaire. It does look like a Bob Ross painting, which IMO is a compliment. I can’t tell you how many nights I’ve passed time watching Bob Ross’s goofy paint shows at 3 am. I love the way he always made it look so easy.

I agree....a Bob Ross student. lol He has a son, Steve, that does How-to paint TV shows. I'm in awe of talent.

Signatures....are usually not legible....or at least not on the paintings I own. lol

Could the last letters be ‘larpe’? Looks like maybe an r after the a. The next letter is odd, as if it started out as a p or something else, and then has the appearance of a z. And then why the long swoop of the last e?

That last name looks like it could be 'Lahze'.

Last name looks like LAHZE.

Now I see it. LAHZE That looks right to me.

I'm unable to find an artist with that last name.....but....my neighbors are into painting. Maybe if I run the name by them...and since I purchased the painting locally....I can see if they've heard of him/her.

I thought LAHZE at first too. But there's a stroke in there--like a shallow rocker, the bottom of the Z--that doesn't seem right. Sorry--this is no help, I know!

I went to the Artist's Signature website and searched all the above and didn't see anything. But I'll supply the link if anyone sees anything else not mentioned.

Artist's Signatures

I didn’t see the Lahze until it was mentioned, but I can see it now.

The painter must be a doctor. :) Maybe the hz is a "p", Jeffa Lupe?