Joan Bloomfield ended up with artist Anthony Pedersen’s “Sad Man” painting after he left the canvas at the Huntington Beach Pier for someone to find and keep.

The story behind the NGV’s ‘sad sheep painting’ and its mysterious artist. ... The art world is famously fickle, ... followed by The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in 1872.

Some people find Anthony Pedersen’s surrealist artwork by tracking clues, others by pure chance.