2018-12-17 22:25
I was inspired to paint this painting after passing a newly baled field of straw, on a back road along the way home earlier this year. There are not many old fence posts and fence lines left… Read More
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Original contemporary landscape paintings of the old farms, barns, farmhouses and rural landscapes of the American Heartland by Sharon France.
2018-11-20 00:32
I have been busy painting and not getting around to blog for quite a while now. I have been working on some larger pieces the past couple of months and now have been concentrating on a… Read More
2018-04-13 00:03
This painting "On a Peaceful Summers Day" is one of my recently sold paintings at Ugallery, and is now part of a private collection in New York state. More of my original paintings at… Read More
2018-03-02 19:41
This night sky painting is the third in my "Under the Big Dipper" night sky series that I
started later last year. The first three of these paintings have already been sold into
private col… Read More
2018-02-15 14:08
I have been working on a series of big dipper, night sky paintings and am currently working on IV right now. The first three paintings in this series have already been sold. Unde… Read More
2018-02-14 15:06
The mid to late summer fields often make me think of an old
patchwork quilt, when the wheat and oats ripen to a golden color among
the green of the corn and soybeans, here in the Midwester… Read More
2017-12-01 02:51
Among the Field Rows
I painted this scene of an overcast day in the country, when the crop rows in the fields are starting to fill in, and the air is heavy before a summer rain show… Read More
2017-10-28 17:01
The Old Country Schoolhouse
The idea for this painting comes from old rural schoolhouses that once dotted the back roads of America. One can still find a few of them, usually… Read More
2017-10-18 16:01
This is a farm portrait that I was commissioned to paint recently. This client wanted a simple scene of this lovely old Iowa farm, with its iconic old red barn and traditional foursqua… Read More
2017-10-07 18:26
The inspiration for this piece comes from the big, wide open sky that I love so about the country. I decided on painting the big dipper above this simple farm scene under a sky full of… Read More
2017-08-29 13:46
I have been too busy to post here for while now. Currently I am working on a commissioned painting of a custom farm portrait for a client. This will be a present for their husban… Read More
2017-08-12 20:17
This the most recent painting off of my easel. I started this painting back in the winter, but then set it aside, as I was not sure what direction I wanted to go with it. I looke… Read More
2017-07-22 01:43
I came across these horses in a quiet, secluded pasture several years ago. I painted them into a scene from my imagination earlier this year. This piece is one of my paintings fr… Read More
2017-06-16 20:18
Thank you to Ugallery for featuring my farm paintings in their new curated art collection "American Road Trip"
American Road Trip - Country Landscape Paintings
A C… Read More
2017-06-04 02:01
This is one of my old farmhouse pieces that I painted a few years ago. As an artist, certain paintings become my favorites and this is one of them. I wanted a feel of an overcast… Read More
2017-06-01 01:26
I like the challenge of painting in different sizes for my original farm & barn paintings. Here is a selection of little paintings that I have done in a small 5 x 7" size, painted… Read More
2017-05-19 21:07
Barn in the Patchwork Fields
I really like how the farm fields in later summer and fall start to take on a "patchwork" effect as crop colors change as they ripen. This farm paintin… Read More
2017-04-08 13:10
Red Barn Along the Fence Line
A little farm study painted on a 5 x 7" archival hardboard panel.
Purchase info. on this and many more of my original farm paintings.
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2017-02-21 00:02
Just a Little Ways from Home
I have had an idea for a new sheep painting floating around in my head for
a couple of months now. This is the newly finished painting from that idea… Read More
2017-02-02 00:14
Across the Quiet Pasture
Close up views of the painting.
This large original painting is done by myself, Sharon France. My inspiration for this painting came from&nb&hell…Read More
2017-01-21 01:48
The Old Red Barn
Close up view of the painting.
I especially like to find an old barn with a cupola on top of it. This one is from my imagination and was insp… Read More
2016-12-27 15:20
Old Farm Under a Pink Sky
5 x 7" on archival hardboard panel.
I am in the midst of working on a series of little country landscape paintings right now. These stud… Read More
2016-12-10 15:08
It s been a while since I have painted one of my overcast stream paintings. I really enjoy painting different types of weather in my landscapes. This scene makes me think of one of those s… Read More
2016-11-19 15:13
Red Barn on an Old Farm
This painting was inspired by the old red barns and white farmhouses that were once so common along the country backroads, that I love. There is somethin… Read More
2016-11-16 15:07
Red Barn in a Quiet Field
This landscape was inspired by the old wooden red barns that once were so common along the country back roads that I love. As time goes on, there are fewe… Read More
2016-11-11 01:17
This painting is a bit of an imaginary self portrait. I have loved the country since I was a kid, visiting my grandparents remote Midwestern farm. This little girl came from my i… Read More
2016-11-02 15:28
Here are a few examples of my country style, custom house portraits. The lower one was painted as a wedding gift, of the couple standing in front of the old stone house that has been i… Read More
2016-10-26 16:26
I have been working on some small paintings this past couple of months. Here are two of the ones that I have completed now. Deciding on what sort of weather and time… Read More
2016-01-14 14:09
Thank you so much for stopping by my art blog. I moved it over to my web site last year and have continued it there. If you would like to visit and see what I have been posting s… Read More
2014-03-27 22:29
If you have seen my paintings over time, you may have guessed that I love old farmhouses and am especially fond of old stone ones. I painted wisps of smoke coming from the chimney… Read More
2014-03-11 01:47
One of the things that I love about the very flat land that can be found in the Midwest, are the great sunset and sunrise views. They are the inspiration for my new series of quie… Read More
2014-03-03 17:24
As I was working on this painting I stopped to take a few photographs along the way to show some of the step by step progression. I first paint in the sky and then land ar… Read More
2014-02-19 14:28
What a neat surprise we had yesterday morning. Right around sunrise, a huge snow owl landed here on our old farmstead and stayed around for a while. It landed on several of the t… Read More
2014-02-14 00:01
Here is a photo of both the largest and smallest brush sizes that I use on my paintings. I use the large one for painting in my skies and also for the base and sometimes the finis… Read More
2014-02-02 02:18
I like to paint simple country landscapes and fairly often use red poppies in my scenes. I had not painted an old church for quite a while now, and have had an idea to pai… Read More
2014-01-30 14:37
This is one of my recently finished paintings. A little cottage of stone, set under a early morning sky with an old fence line, and tiny farm scene in the distance. I like adding the tiny ba… Read More
2013-12-05 13:46
I have been busy working on several new paintings. I have switched back and forth between working in acrylic, oil paint and soft pastel over the years. Depending upon what I am painting, one… Read More
2013-12-05 13:46
I have been tardy on posting to my blog in recent months! Nonetheless though, I have been busy painting. Here is the finished goat painting that I had posted just a clip of, when… Read More
2013-07-29 21:14
My original art was chosen by Guest Curator Stephen Collins of the TV show "Property Envy", as #4 of his top 10 favorite artists (out of 500) on Ugallery.com.
http://www.ugallery.com/bravo… Read More
2013-06-28 01:56
In the Summer Field
This is currently the largest painting that I have available, measuring 24" x 36". I wanted to paint this piece with one of my simple blue summer skies, that rep… Read More
2013-06-09 13:00
This is one of the most interesting commissioned pieces that I have painted so far. This is a very old walled manor house, that sets in the countryside, in France. The main struc… Read More
2013-06-08 01:28
Best Buddies
My newest painting, done in soft pastel, on thick museum grade pastel paper, shows two steers of
the Milking Devon Breed of Heritage Cattle. This was a very early breed… Read More
2013-06-08 01:28
I get requests to paint custom portraits of houses and old family farmsteads. To make it easier, I went ahead and set up custom listings for different sized canvas paintings, for these… Read More
2013-06-08 01:28
I get requests to paint custom portraits of houses and old family farmsteads. To make it easier, I went ahead and set up custom listings for different sized canvas paintings, for these… Read More
2013-06-08 01:26
I just finished up a commissioned house portrait last week and am starting on a new house painting this week. I framed up several of my smaller 5 x 7" paintings, with a finished paper… Read More
2013-05-28 18:32
In the Red Poppy Field
12 x 24" acrylic paint on stretched canvas.
We are getting into my favorite time of year here in the Midwestern Heartland. The newly planted fields… Read More
2013-04-17 00:48
This is a commissioned painting that I just finished up this week. I paint commissioned farm and farmhouse scenes in both small and large sizes. I have painted them similar to pa… Read More
2013-03-27 00:42
A bald eagle landed on an old tree on our farmstead yesterday. My husband spotted an immature one here a couple of years ago briefly. Maybe the same one that just visited again? They are an… Read More
2013-03-09 17:58
For these pieces I used some of our farm pets in each of the country scenes. The top painting has one of our bantam mix roosters in the piece. He was a beautiful rooster who's fe… Read More
2013-03-08 18:03
I have been blessed to live and paint on a quite old farmstead, surrounded by fields, for most of my life now. It all started when I was a kid growing up. We had a field in front of our ho… Read More
2013-03-06 17:56
Bit of the Country
This is another of my miniature 4 x 6" paintings done on hardboard. I vary my normal painting technique from painting on canvas to working on the hardboard surfac… Read More
2013-03-05 01:37
Out for a Wander
Close up views of painting.
I chose a Merino sheep ram for the main subject of this new painting. I love the spiral horns on th… Read More
2013-02-26 22:25
Here is a photo that I just took of the view out the window that I paint near. We had a lot of grass showing this morning and you could see the gravel drive. The snow has come down quickly… Read More
2013-02-20 00:45
This is the real life "Miss Pecky" from my painting that I posted on Jan. 25th. This photo was taken when she was a youngster yet. I was working on the turkey pen that day, and had leaned do… Read More
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