The Need

Where do I start? Maybe the Tractor. This isn't just any tractor, this is a 1949 8N Ford Tractor. I desperately needed some grass after I had a local guy come in and clear a swath through the thicket of brier, assortment of trees, and row upon row of barbed wire fence.  After having someone come by with a tractor and harrow to cut up the weeds and many sweet gum trees that kept sprouting up so that I could get some grass growing, I realized that I needed a tractor or I was going to spend all my money hiring someone else. I was also going to have to bush hog later so my dad found the tractor pictured above. He saw the tractor sitting on the side of the road and I could tell he really wanted to buy it. My grandfather had owned two of them and since this one was in what appeared to be in excellent condition, we bought it. It was worth every penny to watch a 75 year old man on a 60 year old tractor tear the field up. I've had the tractor for about a year and a half and when I go out to start it up the starter turns a couple of times and the old red belly comes to life. This never ceases to amaze me. Anyway, I can't stand to let it sit out in the rain so now it is sitting under a tarp which leads me to the need for a barn which will also store my many tools that I am now carrying back and forth on my 7+ hr drive from Sarasota Fl to Pine Mountain Ga. Someday after our home is built I hope to convert this building into a studio. I enjoy painting and mostly painting wildlife. A picture below is a painting I did 18 years ago when my daughter was born. I have attempted a couple of paintings since but life just seems to get in the way. Hopefull I can give it another try in retirement. I seem to enjoy painting wildlife the most.

I have to add that this is a knock off of another artist. I liked the Pic so much I just wanted to paint it. I've included a few more pics of past paintings which you can find on the link to my google  page on the first post (About Me). I call them my garage art, because most of them are hanging in the garage! As you can see some are unfinished. This one got framed and is hanging in the living room.