Goats Grazing by Barn

by Jordan Henderson

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24.000 x 20.000 inches

Title

Goats Grazing by Barn

Artist

Jordan Henderson

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

Dairy goats grazing on the new growth of early spring emanate a sense of peace, quiet, an all-is-right with the world feeling.

There is plenty for all, enough for some satisfying mastication of the cud later, perhaps while sitting in the shade of a tree while chewing over thoughts. Growing up on a small farm, I was able to see the life of domesticated animals, living in a place where they were valued and cared for. It is a good life, and the animals are treated well.

The barn in the background isn’t “just” a barn; when I was a young child, my parents renovated the building to temporary living quarters where they, my three sisters, and I lived while my parents built a house nearby. They reserved the back part for a workshop and milking station, and morning and evening, our dairy goat does entered through the door, hopped onto a stanchion, and were milked.

When I painted Goats Grazing by Barn, I was motivated by the bright, crisp colors of the early spring day, and I sought to capture and express the sensation of these colors in this painting. To achieve this, I went for a simple, elegant, uncluttered composition. (As an aside, yes, the country can be elegant, not in the brittle, artificial glitz of society soirees, but in a quiet stateliness that invites us to be still and quiet ourselves.)

The air is cool, the way it is in early spring, but the sun quickly warms the day. It is pleasant to be out in the middle of it, whether you are grazing upon the grass, or simply watching the ones who are.

Goats Grazing by Barn invites you to stop what you’re doing, find a spot in the grass where you can sit, cross legged the way you did when you were a child, and join the goats on a perfectly splendid day.

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