Barn at Dusk 18/x 24″ original oil on panel, framed by the artist.

My father, Joe Maniscalco, had a deep fascination with barns. He never met one he didn’t stop to photograph. He painted many barn pictures throughout his career. This painting is a homage to the master barn painter. This particular barn was just off US 23 in Lockbourne, Ohio. But it could be anywhere in the Midwest. I enjoyed the two striking cupola structures above and the piece of sky coming through from the other side. There is something lonely, yet reassuring about a barn standing strong, solitary, in a field, this one freshly tilled. Is this barn, though weathered, still in use?