Marybeth Heikes

Paintings in Watercolor & Mixed Media

Posts Tagged “Midwest”

Crossroads

Crossroads

October 10, 2024

I spotted this barn in southern Iowa when cruising around looking for interesting landmarks and Midwest structures to paint. It stood at an intersection in the middle of nowhere, very isolated and alone, sitting in the field. more »

Midwest Farm Fields

Midwest Farm Fields

July 25, 2024

This painting was inspired by the endless field configurations I notice when driving around Iowa. Barn structures are like old friends sitting in the curving fields of crops. more »

Henhouse Roost

Henhouse Roost

April 25, 2022

This design is a colorful acrylic collage of some henhouse chickens. I used my imagination to create the barn, inspired mostly from my old photo collection, and cut the shapes from my hand-painted acrylic papers. more »

Woodman Hollow

Woodman Hollow

March 31, 2022

I based this on one of my watercolor prints of a barn in southeast Iowa that I painted many years ago, but I redesigned the composition using big, simple shapes and edited as I worked. more »

Gray Barn with Sunflowers

Gray Barn with Sunflowers

November 22, 2019

The inspiration of old southeast Iowa barns continues to pique my imagination with their lively character. This barn had interesting round windows in the upper level and I could not help adding some bright, colorful sunflowers in the foreground. more »

Cornfields & Purple Barn

Cornfields & Purple Barn

October 7, 2019

I love painting the Iowa landscape with its old barns full of character. I began using a pale pink for the sky and used some geometric shapes for the roof and barn. The foreground was not planned until the last minute. more »

Sunset on the Prairie

Sunset on the Prairie

August 1, 2019

This is a continuation of my barn series, done in acrylic collage in a square design format. While working on this I found a beautiful piece of variegated paper that was perfect for the sunset. more »

Big Blue, Hwy T61

Big Blue, Hwy T61

February 25, 2019

I have painted this particular barn from various viewpoints and love the character it has. Perhaps the barn is no longer standing; many of these beautiful barns have disappeared from our rural landscape. more »