I lived the best years of my childhood on a dusty dirt road surrounded by trees, flowers, wildlife and farming. I love old farm houses, gardens, livestock, barns, porch swings, old mail boxes, barbed wire fences and fence posts covered in morning glories and banks of wild flowers dotting every dirt road and 2 lane highway across this amazing country and they are my inspiration as I approach my senior years.
When the world feels like crazy is becoming the normal, I have to only return to my roots to find that this country is still full of good folk that appreciate the freedom to work hard and get their hands dirty, to raise their families and take care of their neighbors. This series of paintings is my tribute to that way of life and looking at them. My goal with this series is frankly to, if only for a moment, take you back to your childhood and make you smile.
My artist motto, "Telling Stories with My Paintbrush" has never been more relevant in my life. So I'm stuck on painting farm animals and standing along barbed wire fence posts Cows are such curious creatures and will often watch you as drive by, especially if all your children are hanging out of the windows yelling, "MOO."
I just can't help myself and found that I have a strong compulsion to paint these giant creatures with their sweet curious faces and large eyes. Maybe they are just chewing their cud or engaging in the disgusting habit of licking their nose with their over sized tongues. No matter what they are doing, cows make great subjects for my stories. Pair that with the consistent theme of blue morning glories and tall green grass you have all the elements of a great composition.
I have painted 6 large feature works and several smaller pieces for this theme and hopefully all of them tell a story of life "Down Country Roads".
I hope you enjoyed my little trip down memory lane. All of these images are available in prints at Fine Art America or as 4 x 6 art magnets on my Etsy Store- Country Magnets or Etsy Store- Cow Magnets
