Almost Worry Free

plein air, 8" x 10", oil, 'Almost Worry Free'

Under the Shade

plein air, 9" x 12", oil, 'Under the Shade'

Father's Advice...

plein air, 10" x 12", oil, 'Baled'

Make Hay While the Sun Shines!

Interview! Contract! Job!

studio, 16" x 24", oil, 'Early Morning Politician'

"The early bird may get the worm but 

the second mouse gets the cheese!"

Farm Update: Oats Up, Hay Down!

plein air, 9" x 12", oil, 'Ready to Bale'

Not To Be Forgotten

plein air, 8" x 8", oil, 'Green Fields Forever'

Sunburst

plein air, 9" x 12", oil, 'Sunburst'

"Some people feel the rain, 

Others just get wet."

Roger Miller

I was caught in a drenching spring rain storm while changing the sprinkler lines one afternoon on the farm. I had just changed my wet clothes at the house, when I looked outside to see the sun bursting out of the cloud bank and lighting up the horizon with luminous color and reflective puddles of water. I ran to the lane with my back pack and painting gear, threw a panel on my easel and started to capture the beauty before me. It wasn't until after my last few strokes of paint that I realized I was in my pajamas!  

Sunset Speed: Mach 3+

plein air, 9" x 11", oil, 'In a Hurry'

Chasing the light at sunset is a challenge. I had been painting in a different direction on the farm for over an hour when I glanced over my shoulder and realized how dynamic the sunset was getting with each passing minute. I threw another panel on and turned my easel to the west quickly trying to capture the vibrate colors "in a hurry!" 

Going , going... another day gone!  

All Kinds of Goodness

plein air, 9" x 12", oil, 'Western Sky with Field'

No Farm, No Food

plein air, 9" x 12", oil, 'Growing Green'

The Clock is Ticking

plein air, 8" x 10", oil, 'Warm Afternoon'

Summer Green

plein air, 9" x 12", oil, 'Summer Green'

Sowing Time

plein air, 12" x 9", oil, 'Crop Edge'

Changes

plein air, 5" x 11", oil, 'First Day of the Last Week'

Tractor Jockey

studio, 9" x 10", oil, 'Let's Get To It!'

Have you ever plowed a huge field? I have! This is a picture of my first field to plow, disc, level and plant all by myself (and with a little help from my friends). The ground has to be not too wet or not too dry for the plow shears to cut the sod like a butter knife. The turned over earth glistens in the sunlight. It isn't rocket science, just plain old common sense and direction. 

Along with getting the ground ready for seeds to grow, plans need to be made for irrigation. Every year, on or about, the third Wednesday of February, the Pleasant Creek Irrigation Company's annual meeting is held at the City Hall on Main Street in Mount Pleasant, Utah. Share holders come with great anticipation of the new year and hopes for good even steady water for a bounteous harvest. We don't have any reservoirs to hold the spring run off so what snow pack is in the mountains represents our irrigation. If the spring and early summer temperatures are too warm, the snow will melt fast and be gone before the crops become established and flourish with adequate water.

The Pleasant Creek Irrigation Company Board 2010-2014

Angie Parish, Secretary; Mark Jorgensen, President; Bud Gallop, Board Member; and Keith Ranck, Board Member. Not pictured Board Members are Dave Brothersen and myself, Carol Johansen. 

  

Stock holders come to hear last year's minutes, 

reports, business items and discuss concerns.

Are you looking forward to spring 2013 too?