Last Legs Acrylic Print

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I love to paint these old bank barns, with their hand hewn beams, weathered siding and rusty metal roofs. The ramp gave easy access to the large hay loft which sat on a stone foundation and housed the livestock below. Many of these barns were built more than one hundred years ago by groups of neighbours. These projects were referred to as "barn raising bees" and helped form a strong sense of community across rural North America. Men and boys would labour all day long on the structure while the women cared for the small children and prepared food and drink for everyone. It is sad to see these fine old monuments to country life slowly disappearing from the landscape.

The Thousand Islands region of Ontario, Canada, was the perfect backdrop for a childhood filled with adventure for Richard De Wolfe, an artist who still identifies strongly with rural life. The forests, fields, and of course the mighty St. Lawrence River, made the wonders of nature come alive for him. The art of Richard De Wolfe has been very popular ever since his first one-man show at the age of eighteen. That show was a sell out, supplying him with commissions for many months after. He went on to spend twenty-five years as an illustrator, producing paintings for national and international corporations such as General Motors, Pepsi-Cola, and Sony. “I believe that working as an illustrator was the best training I could possibly...