JT Sayward, Early 20th Century Oil on Board Landscape textures I'm assuming this man is

I'm assuming this man is a preacher

but I think it is quite lovely

as are her sisters Josephine Arquero and Maria Laweka

with a nice red velvet-covered writing slope inside

JT Sayward, Early 20th Century Oil on Board Landscape textures I'm assuming this man isI haven't been able to find a whole lot on JT Sayward, who signed this landscape at lower left, but I've found one other painting out there by him noting that he was a a Maine artist, based in or around Portland. A little further research leads me to believe that he was a member of the very prominent Sayward family of York Maine. In any event, really a nice landscape painting I think, oil on board with satisfying impasto especially on the leaves of