Contemporary Farm Painting

This painting "On a Peaceful Summers Day" is one of my recently sold paintings at Ugallery, and is now part of a private collection in New York state.  More of my original paintings at Ugallery.  

More of my original paintings at Ugallery

Farm Portrait Painting of an Old Red Barn and White Farmhouse

This is a farm portrait that I was commissioned to paint recently.  This client wanted a simple scene of this lovely old Iowa farm, with its iconic old red barn and traditional foursquare style farmhouse.  They decided on including the large central tree that the drive runs around between the barn and farmhouse, under a blue summer sky full of  white clouds.  

Below are images of the rough sketch and a few views of the painting in progress.  

The painting is almost done at this point. 

Farm Painting under a Star Filled Sky

The inspiration for this piece comes from the big, wide open sky that I love so about the country.  I decided on painting the big dipper above this simple farm scene under a sky full of tiny stars.