I imagine farmers – the practical lot they are – don’t spend much time with the notion that their work is also art. Yankee farmers in particular are an understated group and would scoff at the idea that they are artists, and their work installations. But it’s not a stretch to consider the efforts here in that way. Sure the palette is muted and the design not particularly original, but a design it surely is, and perhaps just this season’s nod to the old adage that “there is nothing new under the sun”.
John Snell comments:
“Many of the farmers I’ve known and worked with actually do take the time to see the art before them. I still remember vividly the red deck of the mower after cutting a field that contained buttercup in bright yellow bloom. An old farmer I knew in Michigan taught me to listen to the sound of corn seed sprouting out of the soil. Farmers live so close to the land day and night they often can’t help but see the beauty right in front of them. Enjoying your photography. Sorry I’ll miss the show at the Bryan Gallery in October but wish you all the best.“
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