Grey Day on Farm

6 x 8 inches, oil on canvas panel                                                          Copyright 2010, John A. Brecht, all rights reserved

This is another small canvas.  It was painted in March of 2010 on a grey blustery day.  Spring was in its initial stages of emerging.  Trees that grow along pasture fence lines are very interesting.  I have noticed that I gravitate to them in my paintings.  Is it that they are cut periodically by the farmer only to grow back deformed?  Or are they not cut by virtue of being along a fence row only to be nibbled on by cows?  On this day an angry bull didn't like me being nearby.  I tried ignoring him while he snorted and huffed at me as I walked by.  A flimsy little fence supported by these little fence posts was the only thing between him and me -- rather unsettling.  He eventually moved on with his herd and I returned to paint this tree.

Comments

[Art]

They're really great paintings; you know that, don't you?

[GARLICPARISI]

GREAT STORY, AND, BEAUTIFUL PAINTING. I ALWAYS LIKED THOSE KIND OF TREES A LONG THE WAY, AND THOSE KIND OF NATURAL SETTINGS THAT WERE LEAST TOUCHED BY HUMAN BEINGS. IT GIVES ONE A SENSE OF THE ETERNAL, AND HOW THE EARTH MIGHT HAVE LOOKED WHEN THERE WERE VERY FEW HUMANS STOMPING ON IT.
I HAVE HAD THAT STRONG SENSE 2 TIMES IN MY LIFE. ONCE WAS WHEN I WAS VISITING A FRIEND IN THE SOUTH, CENTRAL OREGON AREA, AND, ANOTHER TIME WAS WHEN A FRIEND, AND, I WENT ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OF WHERE AN OLD SUMMER CAMP USED TO BE (WHERE WE USED TO BE COUNCILORS THERE). THE LAND IN BOTH PLACES HAD NOT BEEN DISTURBED BY PEOPLE IN, AT LEAST 10 YEARS. IT WAS A REALLY AWSOME THING TO SEE. I COULD FEEL WHAT WE WOULD CALL A COLLECTIVE CONCIOUSNESS, AND A SENSE OF ETERNITY.

[GARLICPARISI]

IN LOOKING AT THIS PAINTING AGAIN, I JUST NOTICED YOU WROTE YOUR NAME TOWARDS THE BOTTOM CENTER. I LIKE HOW YOU DID THAT. THE WAY YOU DID THIS ADDS EVEN MORE OF AN ARTISTIC TOUCH TO THE PAINTING.