Another Way Of Life III

by Marilyn Smith

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$350

Dimensions

9.000 x 12.000 inches

Title

Another Way Of Life III

Artist

Marilyn Smith

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

Since the Amish people do not like their pictures taken, due to their beliefs and their culture, I had to create this painting as the third one in my Amish life series, strictly from memory. I imagine this lady waiting for a ride to her Bible study group so she is watching out the window of her very simple but sparkling clean home, anticipating the arrival of another neighbor in a buggy that will take her to their meeting.
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.
This 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 third painting in my Amish family life series.

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