Paintings That Touch Your Heart

The Girls Club

( You man click on the photo's to enlarge them )

Have you ever come across a painting that really

reached out and touched your heart?

The painting above did just that to me.

Ever since we finished  some of the renovations to our little farmhouse last year...I have been searching for

just the right art to put on the walls.

After moving here from a beautiful but huge

1902 Victorian home I had lots of pictures to hang but none of them

really seemed right for here in the country.

I found a painting in a little catalog that came

in the mail that reached out and touched my heart.

That is the painting above.

I looked up the artist to see if there

were more paintings.

Oh my...I was THRILLED with what I saw.

The artist is

Robert Duncan

http://www.robertduncanstudios.com/

Mr. Duncan lives with his wife Linda, their six

children and 'a lively assortment of farm animals in the

little town of Midway in northern Utah'.

He started painting at the age of 11!

He spent summers on his Grandparents ranch in

Wyoming where his Grandmother gave him is first

set of oil paints.

This is where he grew to love the country and the

open spaces and the rural lifestyle.

What I am showing you here is just a small sample

of his collection.

The Critic's Circle

A Grand Day

Piggy Back

Home For Dinner

Anniken And The Cows

Best Of Friends

Pumpkins For Sale

Fall In The Kingdom

A Wild Ride

Maggie And Her Mother

Celebration

The Egg Basket

Mr Duncan also paints other genres besides farm life

such as Western scenes.

Wyoming Girl

When I decided to do a post on Mr Duncans paintings

I realized that it might be a good idea to ASK

for permission first so I wrote to his web site

and told him what I had in mind and

I sent him the link to my blog.

I actually never thought I'd get an answer

but 2 days later I recieved an email from

Mr Duncan himself!

He said he would be 'honored' to be featured

on my blog.

He also said " I want to do anything I can to

promote families returning to farms and just

helping people to cherish our rural landscape."

Well how about that!

I do hope you'll go to Mr Duncan's web site
and check out his beautiful paintings
and read about he and his family.
It's so nice to know a little
bit about the person
who paints
such beautiful paintings that
touch our hearts.

Thank you Mr Duncan.

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Maura :)