My favorite time of year at the farm (in the sticks of Georgia) is fall. The early evening sun ignites the sky over the barn and fields in an array of colors that cause you to hold your breath without you realizing it. But just as quickly as the colors appear, the horizon pulls them down, bringing a hush over the landscape and cattle. If you step away from the windows for too long you miss it, but the best place to witness God’s beautiful light show is outdoors. Nature provides inspiration for the creative mind, which leads me to October’s featured artist Luke Allsbrook.
October’s Artist:
Luke Allsbrook is a Christian painter who lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Some of his paintings illustrate a beauty in the abandoned. An old empty barn, a broken fence, a heap of rusted farming equipment… all ordinary, yet alluring in the story they tell, and the nostalgia they create in the heart of the observer. His hazy reflections take us back to nature, back to simpler times, and for some of us…back home again.
His hazy reflections take us back to nature, back to simpler times, and for some of us… back home again.
Check out more of Luke Allsbrooke’s paintings, I know you’ll linger over them as I did.
Here Luke Allsbrook describes the process of painting the barn painting above titled, “Sunset on Silver’s Cove study.”
About the Artist:
“Luke Allsbrook received a BFA in Painting from Indiana University and an MFA from The New York Academy of Art. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the US and are included in the collection of HM King Charles III. Luke served as Official Tour Artist for His Majesty’s 2005 state tour of the United States. His work has also been acquired by Christopher Forbes, Mercedes Benz, The US Department of State, The Morris Museum of Art, and the Divinity schools of Duke University and SMU among others. He has taught at the New York Academy of Art, The Lyme Academy of Art, William Paterson University, UNC Asheville, and in Italy with the UGA Cortona Program. He resides with his wife and four children in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
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Please pray for Luke and his family and all those affected by the devastation left by Hurricane Helene. If you’d like to make a donation to help the victims of this storm, I suggest Samaritan’s Purse.
Tammy Carter Adams is the founder of The Hallelujah House and host of The Hallelujah House podcast. She resides in Central Florida with her husband and four children. When Tammy’s not creating content, you can find her writing and painting in her home studio. If you’d like to be featured in The Studio contact Tammy.
