This painting is inspired by an overlook of the Merna valley, very near where we live. But for me, it’s about so much more than a scenic overlook. Those squares of farmland we see when we drive through the rural places are the result of so much time and effort and planning. Tilling, sowing, watering. Time and again. It’s important work.
As a young girl I spent long hours behind the steering wheel of a tractor in fields like this. The lessons therein will always inform and influence my work.
As much as I rebelled against that tractor cab, I am grateful for it now. And thankful for a Dad who knew of the benefit it would bring and didn’t let me out of it. Many thanks, Dad, for loving me this way. All those years ago. And thank you to the people who continue to till, sow and water. We would be lost without you.
