Last Wednesday a half dozen of the Saturday group made the drive to a farm near Prairie City, maybe 30 miles from Des Moines. Our hosts, Lisa and David Burns, have been farming there for decades though they live in town. David has cattle and grows what Iowans call "row crops,' meaning mostly corn and soybeans. The farm is nearly a half-section of rolling Iowa countryside. They have huge grain bins, four tractors and other farm implements, and a century-old Model T farm truck.
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| "Cententarian," oil on panel, 0x12 |
Although the day was a little chilly, and grey with clouds and Canadian smoke, meaning flat and uninteresting light, I set up my Open Box M in the back of my car and sketched that antique truck parked near an old grain bin. There was considerably more clutter to the right--a cattle enclosure--that I edited out of the image in favor of distant fields. There was only a couple of hours before we had to leave, but I took a number of reference photos as well, and plan to turn this into a larger studio work.
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