Sometimes the best paintings are a new look at the familiar. Along my drive to the Gallery where I work are many places that on an average day don't make good paintings. This spot, the fields by Boyden Farm in Cambridge Vermont, are pretty typical. On this day however, the farmer had cut some of his hay leeaving this winding pattern of field, corn, and another crop in purple bloom that I have not identified. Driving by I was struck at the abstract nature of the patterns and was enamored of the thought that perhaps this farmer knew he was creating art with his fields. Whether true or not, I enjoyed capturing this expression on canvas.

As an aside, this is the exact same place and view captured in "Spring Floods", painted months later, showing just how different and interesting a single place can be.