RURAL REVERENCE
Print Size: 16.5" x 22"

Ray's Framing recommendation
1.5 inch gold moulding.
Top Mat: Mystic Blue
Liner: Medium Gray w/black core.
Total frame size: 21.5" X 28".


With a deep reverence for the countryside, I have long painted the rural landscape and the man-made structures found there. Numerous small churches along our country roads exemplify the deep faith and beliefs of area residents past and present. My eye delights at the uniqueness
of each local church. Like snowflakes, there seems
no two are alike - each has been personalized
by the community it serves.

When the early settlers moved to the Ohio Valley in
the late 1700s, they brought with them a
myriad of religious backgrounds. Their church became
the center of their community. In the embrace
of these rural churches they shared births,
marriages, deaths, and much of their daily life.

The subject for "Rural Reverence" is located in Starlight, a small community in southern Indiana, but is typical of
rural churches throughout the country. Starlight
is located atop the agricultural plateau just north of the Ohio River valley. Early German landowners
built their first church in 1861, a log structure
named for St. John the Baptist.
My painting features the building erected
in 1913 of concrete blocks hand-made on the site.

St. John's church is a gathering place for the people of Starlight today in the same fulfilling way it has served
many generations before.

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RAY DAY
ray@rayday.com