Balsam Farms Tractor
Themes
Nostalgia for the pre-digital era, represented by antique analog machinery.
An homage to organic farming and community agriculture.
A celebration of the direct and unfiltered experience of the natural environment which feeds and sustains humanity.
Style
Monotype print on paper in monochrome, followed by hand-applied watercolor glazes and reworked with colored wax pencils.
The composition and drawing is based on a plein air landscape painted on the east end of Long Island at Balsam Farm Stand in Amagansett, New York. The referenced oil painting was exhibited at Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor.
Inspiration sources include 19th century tonalism, the Barbizon School, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and Jean-François Millet.
Quote
“It is the treating of the commonplace with the feeling of the sublime that gives to art its true power.”
"Balsam Farms Tractor,” 2025. Monotype print, watercolor and colored wax pencil on paper. 10.0 x 8.0 inches, unframed.
