Oregon Sunshine Barn 16" x 20"

This is an original oil painting, signed by Laurel. It is framed in a built-from scratch hand-crafted 22k gold leaf frame, with a patina on the face and hand rubbing on the lip and edging. The sides of the frame are umber, and the outside dimensions of the frame are 24" height x 27" width x 1 1/2" depth. 

I painted this piece plein air in Bellfountain, Oregon. As I worked, a guy on a four-wheeler drove up to see what I was doing. He was the keeper of what I discovered to be a wetland mitigation field. It was very special, because he identified the flowers growing in the field, and told me about the birds too. I loved painting in this place so I came back while the fields were still blooming and painted another larger painting. I was thrilled to learn the flowers filling the field were Oregon Sunshine and Oregon checker-mallow, which are native species.