Jaime Oates Taxco Artist Signed and Dated Nov. 1965 Oil Painting Procession of Priests Mid Century

Jaime Oates is a Mid Century Taxco painter who has gained considerable notoriety over the past years which you can see is rightfully acknowledged. His paintings have strong bold colors and have a thick black outline giving the abstracted figures a commanding presence. This oil on canvas has 5 red robed priests in a procession or a religious ceremony of some sort. The canvas is signed on the lower right, J Oates and also is signed and dated on the back "Painted Nov 1965 J Oates".
The canvas does show some signs of paint crackling in some areas, but the over all condition is very good. The canvas is stretched and keyed and is missing one key on the top right corner. The outside of the canvas has a thin wood strip frame.
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the painting is 30" wide and 41 1/2" high and with the frame the painting is 31" x 43"