Boughton Road Bales

8 x 8 inches, Oil on Gessoboard- Sold

There is something good and wholesome to work a field and harvest hay and wheat. Humans get sustenance from the bread made with wheat. Farmers feed the hay to horses and other barn animals. I remember working the field on a wagon behind the baling machine.

Pulling up the fresh bales and dragging them behind me, so the adult could lift and stack them in rows. Good hard work that gave me an appetite. I was a skinny kid, so having an appetite for supper was a rare occurrence.

I painted this field with the bales nestled in, still part of the field. I drove by the field recently and the bales are gone. Stubble of hay remain with the job to protect and feed the soil during our winter season. And in March, while it is still cold enough to keep me inside, the farmer of this field will be turning the stubble back into the ground. The soil will be laid bare and warmed to make ready for the spring sowing.

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