Painted since 1982 when he moved to Florida for health reasons at the age of 73. He painted daily until one summer night at 93 he was found bewildered and wondering the halls of his retirement home, he had painted himself with Day-Glo paint and sprinkled himself with silver glitter. I think his paintings are original naive, brilliant and dream like folk art. There is mild to average surface wear, please refer to the pics. Over the years I bought all of his paintings I have from his son also named Gene and lives in Pennsylvania. Any questions please ask and thanks for looking..