The Overgrown Backyard

It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. Could you be my neighbour?

The Overgrown Backyard. Kennett Square. Oil on panel. 14 by 11 inches. Available, $1,540. Please contact me via the Contact link above.

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'The Overgrown Backyard. Kennett Square. Oil on panel. 14 by 11 inches. Available, $1,540. Please contact me via the Contact link above.

“I don’t believe any man who ever painted a great big picture did so by wandering from one place to another searching for interesting material. By the gods! There’s almost an inexhaustible supply of subjects right around my back door.”  — N. C. Wyeth

“I don’t believe any man who ever painted a great big picture did so by wandering from one place to another searching for interesting material. By the gods! There’s almost an inexhaustible supply of subjects right around my back door.”  — N. C. Wyeth

I forgot to bring along my pochade box. My studio was only a few hundred feet from this spot but I was lazy to go back to fetch it because I had everything set up. Fortunately I had an extra panel which I used as a make-shift palette.

“I don’t believe any man who ever painted a great big picture did so by wandering from one place to another searching for interesting material. By the gods! There’s almost an inexhaustible supply of subjects right around my back door.”  — N. C. Wyeth