Sarah's Books - Used & Rare

Lately I've been painting more than booking, so here is a recent painting of an old barn on an island in Penobscot Bay (Maine) that I visited last year. I've been painting a lot of structures recently, structures that have some special significance to me - the houses I grew up in, places that mean home in some way. And although I've only seen this particular building a few times, it records a place and time for me that means a great deal. I took some photographs of the barn one day last year, after I'd been walking alone all day on the trails that circumnavigate this island. I emerged out of the dark woods onto this dirt road at the end of the afternoon, and the shadows of the trees were moving on the side of the huge old white barn, and the beauty those shadows struck me like a ton of books. I hesitated to try to paint it, but had to give it a shot:

The painting measures around 22 x 24", and I may attempt a larger version sometime. Apologia: the color in this photo isn't the best, the original is much more vibrant (I use a film camera, not digital, and am not a photographer by any stretch of the imagination), but this gives the idea at least. I may post a few more paintings soon. Meantime, I am going nuts because my sister is finally having her baby as we speak and I'm sitting here waiting for the phone to ring! The funny thing is tomorrow is my other sister's birthday, so of course we are all wondering, when, if...