Amish Way of Life - Bearing Gifts
by Marilyn Smith
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12.000 x 12.000 inches
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Title
Amish Way of Life - Bearing Gifts
Artist
Marilyn Smith
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
This watercolor painting portrays two Amish ladies walking barefoot down a country road that is bathed in sunlight creating shadows and sun streaks through all the wildflowers along the road. Old wooden fence posts border the road where these women are possibly delivering baskets of baked goods, produce from their garden to one of their neighbors nearby.
I have always been fascinated by the way of life that the Amish continue to carry on through so many generations. It is a simpler way of life and yet much more difficult than modern day farmers. The work is much harder when it is done by hand and without the convenience of today's technology and equipment.
Central Wisconsin is where a number of Amish communities have sprung up over recent years. In fact, Wisconsin's Amish population is the fourth largest in North America.
Amish children begin helping with small tasks at a very early age and continue to contribute more as they grow. To see the little children all dressed in the same attire as the adults is so charming.
One Amish community is near the city of Portage, Wisconsin. The people have established themselves on many farms in the area and provide all the necessary needs for each other. They have built furniture shops, bakeries, general stores, cheese factories, quilt shops, and buggy shops where they produce the black buggies that are so familiar to us all. Their general stores and bakeries are always filled with neighboring people and visitors to the area. The Amish people are very friendly to everyone they meet or wait on in their shops and will always give a cheerful wave to you whenever you pass them on the road or drive past their perfectly groomed front yards. They have the most beautiful flower and vegetable gardens where everyone in the family seems to do their part in keeping it just perfect.
This is the fourth painting in my Amish family life series.
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May 15th, 2019
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Comments (31)
Anne Gifford
What a masterpiece this is. It caught my eye right away. I love how you have picked up the colors of the women's attire in the flowers that line their path. Here is a link to a contest in Colorado, for Colorado Women's Day, that I plan to enter. I think this painting would be a great one to enter if you are so inclined. You don't have to reside in Colorado. FAV https://www.bouldercountyarts.org/node/26230
Hanne Lore Koehler
Magnificent watercolor of these lovely barefoot amish ladies, Marilyn! Beautiful sunlight, shadows and summer setting! Wonderful artistic style and composition! L/F
Marilyn Smith replied:
Thank you so much, Hanne! This was such a common scene near the place we stayed in the summer months.
Hazel Holland
Love the colors, detail, and composition in this outstanding watercolor, Marilyn! Such beautiful artwork! L/F
LEANNE SEYMOUR
Gobsmacked by this wonderful and delightful watercolor of yours Marilyn.....watercolor is a magical medium and you're really done it proud in this artwork of yours! Congrats on you special feature on the "Exclusively Drawings and Paintings" group homepage! f/l/fb
Donna Kennedy
Outstanding artwork Marilyn, Congratulations on your Highlighted Artist Feature of the Week in WFS!!...L/T
Marilyn Smith
Many thanks for the Highlighted Artist feature in Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery this week Randy!
Hanne Lore Koehler
Fantastic watercolor, Marilyn! Gorgeous style, perspective and composition! Congratulations on your Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTIST feature! L/F
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for being one of our present SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTISTS, as you are very deserving of this special honor. Check it out on top of the Homepage of our site. It surely is a true honor to FEATURE THIS BEAUTY ON OUR HOMEPAGE! Your talents and love for art are surely dominant in this beautiful piece of outstanding art work! Thanks so very much for sharing, so we may enjoy and adore the beauty within! LIKED AND FAVED Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group) http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html
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