Before I was a full-time artist and gallery owner, I commuted between my small town of Portage and my job in Madison, WI. Five days a week I passed two things that were of incredible beauty. One was a picturesque red barn, and the other a perfect copse of trees. One day both the barn and the copse were gone. In the space of one week, an industrial pole barn had gone up and the beautiful red barn was no more and a windstorm had take down half of the trees. Since then, I have walked over 200 miles of local roads photographing the farms along the way that have inspired this series of paintings.

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American Pastoral Series #30, 40x30, soft pastel on paper, $3250

American Pastoral Series #17, 32x23, soft pastel on paper, $2650

American Pastoral Series #34, 30x40, soft pastel on paper, $3250