10/07/2026
I finished this large 30x40 in oil paint on stretched canvas recently. This would be the first painting I've done in this hay bale Rising Moon Series in several years. I took a step away after painting about 10 of these in smaller formats.
I was going through some of my smaller studies from back when I lived in Missouri and honestly I wanted to paint the subject again now that I've had time to reflect on it and thought maybe it would bring me back to that feeling I had on those evenings in Missouri. I missed that as much as I love Washington I do still miss the rural feeling of the Farmland out in Missouri.