I had previously done a painting of this barn
from the front titled After the Storm.
The barn is the Hunter barn in the Caney Fork area of
Jackson County and I had always wondered what it looked
like from the field in back. This view is a good one from a
compositional standpoint. The negative space provided by
the snow covered field contrasts nicely with the dark tree
covered hills behind the barn.
The flock of doves winging across the center of the
painting provides an element of motion in this frozen
scene. Bare branches of the trees extending into the sky
area create interesting patterns. The wooded areas of the
background are isolated abstractions upon close inspection.
