The Last Sunday Barn

The last Sunday of the year is the perfect way to end the Sunday Barns.  Today's offering is one of my rare oil paintings.  I don't know why I don't use this medium more often; I enjoy working with oils every time I do. Who knows - maybe this will be the year for oils.

Alone at Dawn  oil  16x24"

SUNDAY BARN # 130

I have misplaced my handwritten list of barns that I've posted and I am too lazy to go scrolling through all of the posts.  So, today's barn may be a repeat, but that's ok because it is one of my favorites.  It measures only 8x8" and is no longer available.

Standing Alone  acrylic  8x8x'

I think it's time for some more barn paintings.

SUNDAY BARN #129

Something old and something new this Sunday morning.

Something Old - small sketch from 2-3 years ago

Something new - pencil sketch completed yesterday

SUNDAY BARN #128

I'm reaching back quite a few years for today's barn, tucked behind a rather classic farm house.  The farm is on Rt. 301 between Wilmington and Middletown Delaware in a rural area that is slowly being devoured by urban crawl.

Farm on 301   watercolor   1983

SUNDAY BARN #127 SOMEWHERE IN MCCRACKEN COUNTY

From Tuscany to McCracken County KY in less than 24 hours.  This is the last of the four recent watercolors of western KY barns.

McCracken Co. Barn

Watercolor

11x14

SUNDAY BARN TIME #126 (I think)

It's not Sunday morning until I post the barn.  This weeks barn is from a recent series of barns from west Kentucky.  I try to keep an accurate record of the location of the barns I photograph, but in spite of my efforts I invariably find one or more barns where the location has been "lost".  Today's barn is somewhere in Graves Co.

Somewhere in Graves Co,

Watercolor  11x14

A Barn for Sunday morning #125

This morning's barn was part of a series of 12x48" canvases I painted about 7 or 8 years ago.   I have always enjoyed working in that size; it lends itself to broad, sweeping landscapes.

Fairfields

Acrylic  12x48

In retrospect, I think the painting is greatly improved by cropping out the extreme left, which only detracts from the rest of the painting.

The joys of Photo Shop

First Snow #123

This painting was completed on a hot summer day, which of course means absolutely nothing.

First Snow

Acrylic

12x24

SUNDAY'S BARN #122

This painting was inspired by a photo taken somewhere in south eastern Ohio in the early 1990's.

Yellow Sky

Acrylic

12x48

sold

IT'S SNOWING

At least it is in this Sunday's Barn of the Week, an acrylic on 24x30 gallery wrapped canvas.

It's Snowing

This painting is available - $900.00 (includes S&H)

STORM FRONT a.k.a. CRAZY SKY

This painting is in my photo file twice, once as Crazy Sky, and again as Storm Front.  Coming up with titles for my paintings is becoming a real chore.

Crazy Sky

Acrylic 16x40

Sold

SUNDAY BARN #118

Several weeks ago I picked up the pencil instead of the paint brush and the result was one more rendering of this iconic barn somewhere in Livingston County.  I've lost track of the number of times I've painted and drawn this structure that never ceased to fascinate me.

Livingston Co. Barn

Pencil on paper

approximately 9x12"

SUNDAY BARN TIME...#117

 

Red Barn against Burnt Umber sky

Acrylic  24x30

$1200

SUNDAY BARN #116

Today's barn was commissioned earlier this year.

The V Commission  acrylic 24x48

The V Commission  detail

SUNDAY BARN #114 First Snow

First Snow is the 6th painting in this series dominated by the earth colors.  It is the smallest in the series, measuring 12x24".  The primary colors are Raw Umber and Titanium White, with touches of Red Oxide and Ultramarine Blue.

FIRST SNOW
acrylic  12x24 on gallery wrapped canvas
Price  $500.00

SUNDAY BARN #113

This week's barn is fresh off the easel as the fifth painting in the Umber Series.  The basic colors are Red Oxide and Yellow Ocher with Titanium White and Ivory Black.

At the Edge of the Day

Acrylic  24x36"

SUNDAY BARN #112

 

Today's barn is nestled in a sun filled pastel hayfield beneath a pastel sky.

20x30"

Sold

SUNDAY BARN #111

I will remain in western Kentucky for today's barn: 

Abandoned Barn

Pastel  20x30 plus mat and frame

$800.00

This barn is available in July's Make me an offer sale.

SUNDAY BARN #110

 

Watercolor

9x13"

$175

 

You can see this barn if you are driving along Rt 121 in Graves county KY.  The green "dripping" down the sides is actually the remnants of of a shingle or paper covering; I could not get close enough to determine which.

SUNDAY BARN #109

It's Sunday, and it seems like only  a week ago I posted a Sunday Barn.  Today's barn is from a series of watercolors of barns in western KY, and can be found on route 339 in Melber KY in Graves county.

Currently untitled

Watercolor  10x13

$175.00