“Codman Hill Farm, Boxboro”

There was a period of time when I was an avid cyclist and spent most free time with bike club pals exploring rural roads. That was my first thrilling discovery that not all of Massachusetts was densely populated and that open spaces and roads canopied by branches still existed. I took a photo of this scene with a tiny camera on one of those rides, years later to be inspired to do this painting. I had rare reason to be in the area where it was taken the very morning after I completed the painting, and was shocked and delighted to happen upon the very same scene again, quite a coincidence! How it had changed!