@mather7771,
With an image of the painting, recognition of a painting or its painter is quite tough. Without an image? Recognition of the painting or its possible painter is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE. Especially since you haven't hinted at subject, style, medium, possible era of its creation, etc....
You can try hosting a digital image of the file with the likes of
www.flickr.com/,
www.photobucket.com/, or
http://Tinypic.com
Use the BBCode editor code and insert the image file's link address after you uploaded the photo to its photo sharing host site....
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