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| Fenn Corn Crib oil on canvas 20 x 20 x 1.5 |
abound here in Northeast Ohio...and they never cease to interest me. Yin Yang. My figurative work is composed of organic forms, organic line. Perhaps the geometric forms of old buildings help my sense of aesthetic balance. The Fenn Corn Crib is on the grounds of The Kelso House and Museum in Brimfield Ohio. I chose to accentuate its symmetry by choosing a square format and by placing it plop in the middle. The uneven hand cut boards, the seen-better-days lumber and the peeling paint thrilled me almost as much as the Gothic window on top, which, by the way, has a mirror window on the other side. No drive-through corn farms for the Fenns. Painting such a building fills me with respect for the folks of earlier times whose life was certainly no walk in the park.
