A landscape oil on canvas by Welsh artist Donald H. Floyd. The scene typically for the artist depicts a river valley with workers loading straw or hay onto barges. The painting is worked quickly outside with a dark and brooding colour palette. The piece has been professionally cleaned and is in very good condition. The painting is signed to the lower left ‘Donald H. Floyd’ but not dated. Donald Henry Floyd (18 April 1892 – 15 June 1965) was a British painter known for his work in South East Wales. Floyd was born in Plymouth. He trained under Frederick John Snell and John Noble Barlow for five years with such success that he was exhibiting at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool when he was just 21. Snell taught him watercolours and Barlow introduced him to the painting of the St Ives School. He trained to be a teacher but the First World War interfered with his plans. Floyd insisted on remaining a private whilst he served in Palestine, Egypt and India where he was tasked to sketch enemy...