If you have been a long time follower of my painting you might remember a very similar painting I did a few years back. This is almost an exact duplicate of my first painting called "Driving South". I started the original painting in Utah and used photos I had taken on my drives through southern Utah, but I wasn't able to pull it together and finish it until I moved to Missouri. The painting became all about Missouri and the rural life I was living there. I have a good friend here in MI, who had a similar dreamy experience in Kirksville MO, asked me to recreate this painting with a few variations for her boys nursery. She got photos of the actual street signs where she used to live and the major roads through town. The girl on the haystack in front of the barn is a photo of her daughter which was taken in Misosuri. The horseshoe is from Nauvoo, a similar meaningful town, and the maps show where Kirksville is located. Pancake city was special to their family because it was the Saturday morning breakfast treat for Dad and the kids every week.
The painting is 24" x 24" and I hope it proves to be a fun and meaningful keepsake for them for many years to come.

I enjoyed painting this so much that I have been considering doing a whole series in this collage/ modge podge rural, bright sun style.
Any thoughts on that anyone?