Boxing Day

“Boxing Day”? It means the day after Christmas in England. It isn’t called this because people have piles of boxes lying around or because they are punching each other’s lights outs for crummy gifts given or too much money spent. It has to do with the rich folks boxing up their excess and taking it to the po’folk.   But, I digress.  This is a painting I finished a few days before Christmas; it is a commissioned piece that I may have alluded to in an earlier blog, or even shown in an earlier posting. A drawing student brought in a photo of this scene to get help drawing it; I blurted out, “Wow, I’d LOVE to paint that!” So, I did. One of the hardest parts was painting the wind machines; for those of you who aren’t familiar with Farmspeak, that is those white posts. Tiny and precise in the painting, and very important in real life because they prevent crop loss due to freezes! The other hard part was the same that is the hard part on every painting: my signature. Notice i have really gone hog-wild (a little more Farmspeak) with my name on this piece. (or maybe you can’t even see it. . . bottom right corner, signed with first, middle initial and last name!!) This may be an aberration or it may portend a new era of signing for me! More will be revealed. . .  😎