Listed, Nevada artist, Virginia Davis Harsh (1907-2000).
Below is a bio pulled from Askart.
 
This rare work probably dates from the 1950s or earlier.
It is on artist's board measuring 16 by 20 inches.
Excellent condition, in it's original frame from
a long time Reno family.
 
Appears to be of the hills east of Damonte Ranch.
 
1600.
 
Biography from the Archives of askART
 
Virginia Harsh (1907-2000) (Mrs. Dwight Harsh) (Carson City, Nevada)

Carson City, Nevada, artist who spent 1940 recuperating in Cambia from a hospital stay, and who painted begonias and landscapes.

“Virginia Harsh, 92, a Carson City resident since 1936, died Oct. 15, 2000, at Carson Healthcare Center. …. Mrs. Harsh was born Nov. 13, 1907, in Los Angeles to Charles Winfield Davis and Grace Eleanor Spooner. She married Dwight Harsh in June of 1936 in Reno, who preceded her in death in 1966.

Mrs. Harsh was a graduate of Manuel Arts High School in Los Angeles in 1926. Prior to living in Carson City, she resided in Southern California. Mrs. Harsh was a professional artist, and most of her paintings were of the Nevada desert. She organized the Nevada Artists Association in 1950. She is survived by her nephew, Wayne Davis of Monrovia, Calif. Interment will be at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Calif.” per archive on rootsweb on ancestry website.

Source:  Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, CAMBRIA (including HARMONY and SAN SIMEON) ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE 1960 (Publications in [Southern] California Art, vol. 13, no. 2), Los Angeles: Dustin Publications, 2016