Harvest Time, Morning on the Farm

prints of the original oil painting by Ken Dahl

“Harvest Time, Morning on the Farm” 

The inspiration for this oil painting came, in part, from my personal idea of a dream property. I’ve always been fascinated with barns, and little family-owned farms.  

My ideal farm is, I’m sure, much different than most. For instance, my barn wouldn’t have animals, except for a couple of cats. The bottom floor would have a proper, tavern-style bar, plenty of room for two pool tables, a foosball table, some vintage pin ball games, and one of those 1950’s Wurlitzer juke boxes with a collection of size-45 vinyl records of my choosing. The back half of the hay loft, with windows overlooking the sunrise, would be my office/art and music studio. And the front, just behind that big loft door – an eight-seat theater room with a 16-foot-wide screen.   

Okay, we can throw in some audio recordings of cows and other farm animals for a network of outside speakers throughout the property. Yeah, I think my plants would like that. But then again, my plants also like Jimi Hendrix, so... decisions, decisions.