Can anyone read the artist's name on this oil painting?  I've got to
get rid of it, should I try to sell it on ebay or donate it to charity
(is it worth anything)?
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1151101/Siggy1.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1151101/fullpaint.jpg

I am no art expert, but this looks to me like a mass-produced painting
that is likely to have little resale value. We have a similar painting
above our mantelpiece that my late father-in-law bought for $35. He
bought it at a touring sale which offered thousands of pieces of
"sofa-sized art." Many of the paintings, while technically "original,"
were virtually identical to one another.

I have to agree.  For a while in Germany, there was a TV series
(probably a PB rerun) by a very personable American who talked one
through painting something like that in half an hour.  Very
interesting to see his techniques.

There have been a few public broadcasting artists, but the one that
most people are thinking of is Bob Ross. I searched for his best known
phrase "happy trees", and found a few links.