Mee Maw's Barn

“Meemaw’s Barn”. 36x24” Oil on canvas. Now on display at Clore Furniture (Clore furniture.com) as part of my Madison County Series completed in 2020.

Aunt Katherine and Uncle Jimmy were Meemaw and Papaw to my cousins. Uncle Jimmy was President of Clore Furniture when I was A child, and he and Aunt Katherine lived up the hill from the factory, showroom and original homestead.

Uncle Jimmy was my dad’s favorite uncle and they would often fish together. We children loved to visit them because Uncle Jimmy would tell us to hop into the back of the pickup truck for a ride. We would pile in and hang on for dear life as he zoomed up and down the back pasture and by the barn. That was our version of a country roller coaster and I still remember the feeling of freedom those rides gave us as we squealed and pointed out faces to the wind.