Drawings | Jane Ramsey

• Entwined

  Graphite, Paper, 7 x 10

• Reslience

  Graphite, Paper, 11 x 14

• Soybean Carpet

  Graphite, Paper, 9 x 10

• Tree Detail

  Pencil, Paper, 9.5 x 3.25. This stand of trees anchors the corner of woodlands that run along the border of farm fields on Hill Road. On a blustery winter afternoon, I sat in the shelter of my car and created this drawi…

• RamseyJ-SnowTrail-web

  Graphite, Paper, 11 x 5.5. It is the ordinary moments on the farm, like a morning walk down to the mailbox, that offer in-spiration. The deer frequent their own trails passing through the farm. The deeper impressions of…

• Tree in the Far Field

  Graphite, charcoal, Paper, 7-1/2 x 5-1/4. I love some of the trees in the back fields of the Ulrich Farm. Shaped by winds and the weather they each have their own character. Charcoal and graphite on distressed cotton pr…

• Slipping Into Dark

  Graphite, charcoal, Paper, 11 x 21. Phillips Mill 93rd Annual Juried Art Show, Awarded the Patrons Award for Drawing, Pastel or Printmaking Inspired from an evening drive home to the farm. The cold front moving in broug…

• Winter Cedars Along Hill Road

  Graphite, charcoal, Paper, 14 x 6. Plein Air, Drawing in charcoal and graphite. I love the stark contrast of the cedars set against the snowy ground. The grasses caught up in the weight of the snow cover pushing through…

• Winters Rest, Graphite Study

  Pencil, Paper, 7.75" x 12.5". This graphite piece was created as a study for a larger painting, Winter's Rest. I loved the view of the barns from the back fields with the scrubby brush, pine trees and bare branches fram…

• Snowed In

  Pencil, Paper, 9.25" x 12.5". We had a long, cold January with a deep blanket of snow. I loved the stark contrast of the white landscape against the barns and bare branches. Picadilly, the donkey, couldn't make it out i…

• After the Harvest

  Pencil, Paper, 20 x 30

• Snowy Evening on the Ulrich Farm

  Pencil, Paper, 12 x 30

• Quiet Passage

  Pencil, Paper, 22 x 29. Quiet Passage:* There’s a quiet grace to this old farm as it slips into a shadow of its former self. For so many generations it was a busy dairy farm and there are weathered signs of that life ev…

• Barn Door

  Paper, 18" x 7"

• Parked in the Shade

  Pencil, Paper, 10" x 18". Parked in the Shade: On a hot summer day the tractor is often parked under the canopy of shade from the trees nearby with a bucket over the exhaust pipe in case there’s rain.

• The Derstine Farm

  Pencil, Paper, 13" x 20". Derstine Farm: This is now the Moss family farm but the old farms in Bucks County often retain their original farmers’ names long after the transfer of ownership. I think it’s kind of special t…

• Jack. The Heart of a Farmer

  Pencil, Paper, 17" x 23". Jack, Heart of a Farmer: “You know Jane, it’s getting harder, I tell you,” says Jack finishing with a chuckle and a sparkle in his eyes. He loves farming. Has ever since he was an 11-year old c…

• Field Treasures

  Pencil, Paper, 8.5" x 19.25". This drawing came about from all the things that I had gathered from painting that fall in the field. The corn husk was laying at my feet when I set up my easel on the side of the harvested…