Riverbend Farm | Ginger Hansen Shafer

• Last trip from the field

  12 x 16

• Riverbend Poplars

  Oil, linen panel, 18" x 24"

• Blooming Compost

  Oil, linen panel, 14" x 18"

• Poppies and Delphinium

  Oil, linen panel, 14" x 18"

• Fall Light

  Oil, linen panel, 12" x 16"

• Clouds and Crew

  Oil, 12" x 16"

• Cover Crop

  Oil, linen panel, 12" x 16"

• Nate and John bunching arugula

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Autumn leaves

  Oil, linen panel, 18" x 24". The colors of this maple tree with the blue shed was hard to pass up. I also enjoyed seeing the stalks resting up against the tree trunk. Fall at its best.

• Bloodroot blooming

  Oil, 8" x 10"

• Harvesting Eggplant

  Oil, 12" x 16". Nate, Shelly and Brandon were harvesting the eggplant. It was a great composition; with the fields in the background that show seasonal color changes. The eggplants that don't make the grade are thrown o…

• Crow River Sunset

  Oil, 12" x 16"

• Shadow on Barn

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24"

• Field of Ryegrass

  Oil, linen panel, 12' x 16". At Riverbend farm many crops are grown to replace nutrients back in the soil; I painted this beautiful field of rye just before it was plowed. When I returned, another crop had been planted.

• 1910 Potato Digger

  Oil, 10" x 12"

• Late afternoon light

  Oil, linen panel, 11" x 14". I have a fondness for this old icehouse.It is used now to house the C.S.A. boxes for Riverbend Farm. When I was walking from the field with my easel I noticed how the light drew itself acros…

• Colors of Summer

  Oil, linen panel, 12" x 16". The field changes constantly on an organic farm, one crop finishes up , the field is cultivated then a cover crop is planted to replenish nutrients taken out of the soil from the previous cr…

• Grape arbor early Spring

  Oil, linen panel, 12" x 16". The seasonal changes are apparent week by week on a farm. Take a look at this arbor later in the season in the painting Iris in bloom.

• Mary's garden

  Oil, linen panel, 11" x 14". This was a magical day painting. As I was standing at my easel I heard the gallop of a horse, then saw it running toward me. It saw me and stopped on the far side of the arbor. There aren't…

• Rock doves and Giant Sunflower

  Oil, linen panel, 16" x 12"

• Kari packing produce

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• Riverbend Farmhouse early Spring

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16'

• The crew bunching greens

  Oil, linen panel, 16" x 20". This summer I wanted to figure out how to paint the crew. They are working obviously, so they are constantly moving. It is a real challenge to build a composition . When they are bunching ar…

• Cherriette radishes in the field

  Oil, linen panel, 11" x 14". While I was painting these the crew tried to pick up this particular bunch several times. Each time I'd have to say , hey I'm painting that bunch. The crew stands,making radish bunches then…

• Potato Harvesters

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• Conneticut Field Pumpkins

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• Blue shed with clothesline

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• bunching greens

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12"

• Tree shadow on blue shed

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16". Early Spring at Riverbend,the lilac leaves are just starting to open. The patina on the blue shed has always captured my attention,but it was the tree shadow, dog house, and that early Spring ligh…

• To be planted in the morning

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16". I found the wagon full of lettuce, and greens outside of the green house waiting to be planted in the morning. As I was finishing the painting the moon appeared.

• Lunch in the shade

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• Chicken coop and Barn

  Oil, Panel

• Lilacs and garage

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Giant Sunflower

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• Bicycle and Ice house

  Oil, 12" x 16". I knew when I saw this building I would do a painting of it . The colors and textures, the patina of age: intrigued me. When I walked past and saw the bicycle used to get out to the field resting against…

• picking spinach

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14. This was a cold October day, we were all freezing.

• Squash

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Packing Shed

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Radishes

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Cabbage

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Iris in bloom

  Oil, 12" x 16". This painting shows the arbor a little later in the season. It was afternoon and the warm light was such a contrast to the cool shadows and iris blooms.