Pop's Old Farmall

This old tractor sits in a dusty storage barn in the back of the farm. It was my grandfather's old Super C Farmall and has been used up until last year in the gardens around the farm- many times braking up the ground before we all would walk down the rows with bucket in hand picking up the dirt covered potatoes.
Pop bought it in 1951, the year they came out. It replaced the mules he used for gardening. Although it was now in the shed, I painted it as if it were taking a break from work. I sat it in a make believe abstract open field and gave life to the engine and air to the tires. I returned to the barn 4 days over the course of a couple weeks to paint it, but I was determined to paint it only from life.