Who:
This was a personal project to share with my family as we mourned the passing and celebrated the life of my grandmother.
What:
The image is mostly fiction, but inspired by a real place and time. When I was old enough, I would go out to the farm to help with harvest. My father was always there helping grandpa, and I was able to help a bit here and there as well. Grandma managed the local phone company, but she would go home on her lunch break, fix us men lunch, and bring it out to us in her business suits. Times were different back then, and I had no idea how amazingly strong and capable she was until I was much older.
I used a lot of reference for this image to get the vehicles and buildings right, but the most important thing for me was that it felt like fall time and had that near-heavenly feel about it.
When:
I started and completed this piece in a day last week before heading home to be with family.
Where:
It was created entirely in my home studio.
Who:
My wife and I were able to share this image with our family by having the image printed on magnets for each of the families. They seemed to really enjoy them, and I am very pleased we were able to do that.
How:
This image was conceived in the very moment my sister told me grandma had passed. I spent a day thinking about it, then set to work when it would not leave my mind. I texted my brother to ask for some reference images of the barns, and worked it out in Photoshop CS6 over the course of a single day. I painted it with my Wacom Cintiq 13HD in Photoshop from start to finish.
