Rapidan Cornfield, Autumn

Rapidan Cornfield— This is a series of about 8 plein air paintings of a massive corn field along the Rapidan River. The land along the river is totally flat and has been a cornfield during my entire life. The ever changing status of the cornfield from various stages of plowing to harvesting, and from the intense summer heat through the cold bleakness of winter was a challenge to my plein air painting abilities. I would paint the cornfield after working a week in the hospital. The beauty and the solitude would restore my strength and composure. In this late autumn painting, the harvest is complete and the only corn remaining in the field is stubble.