In my opinion, the high rise cityscape skyline is being enthusiastically pursued by many great artists. There was a time when the idyllic European village was a subject equally popular. Pastoral art. The true nature of America’s modern countryside is occasionally simplified to a barn or a livestock portrait. Country music has taken up what the painter has forgotten.

I’m basing this painting off of my personal notion of American country. Grounded more in realism than romantic symbolism. To me, Americana music is similarly more realistic than the romanticized Country music.