Len painted this scene most likely in the early 40's. It is one of a few that I have seen that has no date and is signed LEG. Len signed most of his paintings with his full name Leonard Evans Gorman in nice cursive handwriting with the date of completion following. The watercolor is a 16 x 20 showing a 1930's Divco delivery truck on a beach which is most likely outer Cape Cod. Uncle Jim, Len's brother, has a fish on the line that has jumped out of the water The beach has a bit of grass and a few seagulls in the air. I found out the Divco was a big company, Detroit Industrial Vehicle Company, that made tons of trucks in the 20's,30' 40's etc and died a slow death in the 80's. Like anything old, these have become collectibles. The wheels are worth some dough to hot rod enthusiast for the strength. Looks like these guys had a lot of fun with this one back in the day. My guess is they just dropped the tire pressure to 5 psi to drive on the beach. Not sure how they came to use the Divco.
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