Waiting on Spring

Waiting on Spring

    Here is the perfect couple, an old Chevy truck sitting in an old barn spending their last days together before one is torn down and the other is hauled off to the back of the place or a junkyard. I found this scene a few weeks ago while out wandering around looking for some good subject matter to paint. Scenes like this are slowly disappearing from the countryside as more and more farms are consolidated into larger ones and the old equipment is junked out and the barns that fed those that settled this land are torn down and forgotten. At one time a barn like this was the center of activity on the farm and now sits in disrepair with no one caring about its failing condition. When these were built each was sized to the needs of the farm and what type of farm it was. This one here is here is a loose hay barn used to store the summers bounty from the fields to feed the cows and horses during the winter. It has a hip or gambrel type roof which allowed for more hay to be stored in the barn. In fact some barns were converted from the more familiar "A" type roof to this style in the 1920's and 30's before agriculture was forced into change with the demands of the second world war. 

The painting is 8x10 inches, oil on panel and available for purchase. It is priced at $95.00 and will not ship until dry and varnished which will be 4-6 weeks from the date I post it here.