Apple Basket

The abandon bushel basket sits empty beneath the old baren apple tree walled apart from the fertile farmland. This Central Pennsylvania landscape depicts a nostalgic view of a vanishing lifestyle. The hard work of clearing and plowing that was routinely invested in family farmsteads one time provided the abundance to raise many large families in these long fertile valleys between the Allegheny Mountain ridges. The hard work still remains, but the fruits of this labor of love now more often than not come up as empty as this basket. This landscape is a reminder of the struggle that goes on every year with America's family farms. The way of life depicted by this art is becoming as rare as the art itself. Why not make this painting a permanent part of you family heritage, add it to your heirlooms for only $250.

Watercolor by Joe Cesa