Artists' Biographies — Irvin Hawkes

“I am particularly attracted to the rural scenery, the old barns, equipment and farm houses that are being abandoned with the change in farming from the 100 acre farms of my youth to the 1000 plus acre farms without fences or buildings or tree lines. To drive through some Mennonite or Amish countryside is a drive of memories. Age has limited my mobility, so I do a lot of roadside driving and viewing for a scene that attracts me to photograph and paint it. Painting has pleasantly replaced See More...