The Old Barn... finished

The old milk barn is now gone.  Originally it was part of a thriving dairy.  There are no more pastures and cows.  The property had been sold and the new owners probably had little choice but to remove it before it fell in on itself.  Unfortunately the barn had not been maintained so there really wasn't any way to save it at this point.  It was such a beautiful building.  It was hard to watch from the highway as section by section was removed until it was no more.  

Pen and ink using Derwent Graphite Linemakers and watercolor on Arches hot press watercolor board.  On display in the Gallery at the Columbia County Courthouse through the month of December 2019.  

The Old Barn

The old barn was built in 1885 as part of a dairy farm.  The property was recently sold.  Because the barn wasn't kept up it is now beyond saving and will be torn down on November 22nd. My little sketch group made a point of going out to before it was too late.  I only had a couple of hours to work on it as I had another appointment to run off to but I took a bunch of pictures and will finish this later.  

Sentimental Journey

Look what I found on the store shelf!  My drawing is on the bottle on the left!  

Last call

For the past twenty years I've worked with a rabbit breed called Tan.  I am the District One Director for the American Tan Rabbit Specialty Club and the North American representative for the Tan Rabbit Club in the UK.  Through this hobby I've met a lot of folks I wouldn't have had the opportunity otherwise.  I love working with these rabbits.  To say I've had a great time would be an understatement but it's time to close this door so another can open to a different adventure.  I will be retiring from showing after the annual convention this month.  I plan to continue creating more work based on these wonderful rabbits so you'll still see more of them, just not on the show tables.    

Cathedral coffee in Scappoose

Interesting day for sketching yesterday. It rained (poured) on and off between glaring bits of sunshine so my values are all over the map.

A little extra something for the Tan club

A nightlight featuring our favorite rabbit!  

A special tshirt

While I was having the Tan clubs tshirts printed I squeezed in a special request.  This is from a colored pencil drawing I did several years ago.