American Pastoral 100 Red Barns

The red barn was never meant to be beautiful. Early farmers painted their barns red because rust was cheap, because linseed oil needed something to bind to, because practicality demanded it. Beauty was accidental — and then it wasn't accidental at all, it was inevitable. That is what happens when a thing is made with honesty and used hard over time. I paint red barns with a palette knife for the same reason. Not for sentiment. For what happens when you stop trying to make something pretty and just make it true.