Artist based on the prairies of North Dakota
Art is the only thing I have ever really wanted to do. Being an artist has been my dream from the very beginning. I have never wanted to get rich from my artwork. Instead, I want to be able to make enough to be able to give it away. I believe art brings people together. It heals, it brightens the world. Case Art isn't just another art store, it is my way of helping others through art.
The history of the cook car dates back to the 1800’s. They were restaurants on wheels where meals were prepared for threshing crews. The men sat at a long table with benches at each side. The car measured approximately 8 foot wide by 30 feet long and was usually pulled up into the farmer’s yard next to an artesian well or surface well pump for easy access to a water source.
They would feed a crew of 20 to 25 men for each meal. The cooks, usually women, were up before dawn getting ready to feed the workers at 5 a.m. Although the job was hard, forty cents an hour was considered good pay. Their first job was to see that there were clean towels, soap, and water outside for the men to wash before each meal. Bedtime for the cooks, if they were lucky, was 11 p.m., and often it was midnight. Most of the time, the cooks slept on a cot behind a curtain at the end of the cook car.
Although the cook car is mostly a thing of the past, its importance during harvest time will hopefully never be forgotten.
Harvest Rest is 24 x 18 inches, oil on stretched canvas. It is gallery wrapped, wired and ready to hang.
No matter where life takes me, I vow to never stop using my art to help others. The talents we are given are meant to be cultivated and to be used to improve the lives of our fellow humans. It is a greater gift to give of these talents than it is to use them simply for personal gain.
Artist based on the prairies of North Dakota