"The Rocking OK Ranch barn" by Kate Dardine

This barn is located outside of Joseph, Oregon, on the road to Imnaha. I fell in love with it as we passed by on a recent trip to visit my daughter in Enterprise. I love the way it looks like the barn is smiling! Please contact Kelly's Gallery in Joseph, Oregon if you are interested in purchasing this barn or one of the others I painted of barns from the Wallowa County area of northeastern Oregon.

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Kate Dardine is a Colorado daily painter from Fort Collins.

Crossed Sabers Ranch barn by Kate Dardine

I've been working on this painting for a couple of weeks...started out with a much more complicated composition but kept simplifying, getting to the essentials of what this painting is about - a beautiful round barn set in a gorgeous landscape in northeastern Oregon. As I was painting it, I felt a sense of the barn being on hallowed ground. Something about the shape of the barn, and the white cross bars on the hayloft door, remind me of a church. I guess to me, Spirit can be found here in the silence. Perhaps the only sound is the breath of wind rustling the drying grasses of late summer as a cloud builds with afternoon moisture.

The barn is on the Crossed Sabers Ranch, just off the road to Imnaha, outside of Joseph, Oregon. As soon as it is dry enough, I'll sign it and do a preliminary varnish (with retouch varnish) and ship it up to my gallery in Joseph - Kelly's Gallery on Main Street.

"Crossed Sabers Ranch" is a 20x20 oil on gallery-wrapped canvas.

Visit my website, www.KateDardine.com, to see more barn paintings.

Winter Barn - Enterprise, Oregon by Kate Dardine

An overcast winter day creates a number of challenges for me: especially muted colors and low contrast. Working from a photo I took while visiting my daughter in Enterprise, I really had to concentrate on not over-saturating my colors. Anyone who knows my paintings knows I love color, bright and bold. However, I liked the feeling in the photograph of imminent snow...so I thought I'd give it a try. This little 5x7 painting will be available in a few weeks at Kelly's Gallery in Joseph Oregon, along with the other paintings in my series of Wallowa County Barns.

More of my work can be seen at www.katedardine.com

Wallowa County Barn - Summer, by Kate Dardine

Another in a series of barns from Wallowa County, Oregon. This one is on the road between Enterprise and Joseph. Another small oil painting on canvas (8x10) headed for Kelly's Gallery in Joseph, Oregon.

I love the lighting in this painting, and the contrast of the bright red barn glowing against the yellow-green fields in the background. A perfect day in Northeast Oregon!

More barn painting can be found at www.katedardine.com.

Branded Barn near Joseph, Oregon by Kate Dardine

This cute little barn is outside of Joseph, Oregon on the way to the Ferguson Ski Area (affectionately known as "Fergie".) I'm not sure what the brand means, but I love the happy look it gives the barn.

This painting is headed up to Kelly's Gallery in Joseph, Oregon. It is an 8x8 oil on gallery-wrapped canvas.

I've got more barns on my website, www.katedardine.com