Early June Hay

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I've painted scenes from this hay field before.  I painted a cast tree shadow to create another element in the composition.

Hay Field North of Town

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Recently I've been attracted to painting early autumn landscapes.  The colorful tree foliage contrasts well with the bright greens of the grass.

Early Fall Hay Field

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This scene is from mid October. It is an interesting time for landscape painters in the Midwest.  The grass is green and at the same time the fall foliage colors are evident in the trees.

Hay Field On Highway 100

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This hay field painting has an interesting composition due to the tree shadows protruding into the picture from the right. The newly mowed grass lines also pull your eyes into the piece. I painted the clouds in a somewhat diagonal to contrast with the horizontals of the field.
This painting is on a cold press illustration board.  It has more tooth and is similar to watercolor paper. I usually paint on a hot press board.

Tower Field (Late Evening)

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The large hay field on our estate is known as the tower field.  My great uncle who owned the property in the 1970's allowed a company to build a large communication tower on the land.  The tower is no longer in use but we refer to the hay field as the tower field.

                                                                                                                                                                    My youngest son's Labrador Retriever is staying a few days with us.  Yesterday evening she was begging for a walk.   I grabbed the camera and we took a long late evening walk in the tower field.  This painting is based on some of those photos.                                                  

To those of you that follow my blog I want to let you know that I will be taking a brief break from painting.  I hope to have some new artwork posted the first week of August.

Orchard Grass Hay

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The estate that I live on has been in our family since the early 1900's.  My Grandmother was born in a cabin in 1907 not far from where I reside today.  The location pictured in this artwork is also on our property. It has been a hay field since my first recollections.

Hay Field West of Town

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This hay field has somewhat subdued lighting due to a thin cloud cover.

The South Ridge Hay Field

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As a young man in the 1970's I remember many hot summer afternoons spent "putting up" hay.
At that time hay bales were small and several people were needed to take the hay from field to barn.  One person drove the tractor to which the baler was attached.  Two other people would ride the wagon behind the baler to pull the bales from the baler and stack the hay on the wagon. Usually two or three people would stay in the barn and unload the hay onto the barn loft.
Today the large bales pictured in this painting are usually handled by one person driving a tractor and other farm equipment..

Hay Field on Highway J

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This is an early morning scene of a November hay field.  The clouds were just breaking enough to allow for some interesting light.