Sugar Bush

Some of my fondest memories of childhood were spent in the Sugar Bush. My grandfather had a large sugar bush on his farm. He boiled the sap in a large cast iron pot over an open fire, and brought the syrup back to the farmhouse with a wagon hitched to his team of Belgian horses. Grandma took some of the syrup and further boiled it down on her wood stove to make maple sugar candy for all the kids. This painting is a compilation of memories. I went for an older era portrait, of buckets, and hand-carrying the sap to the sugar shed. As you can see there are buckets on my trees. Many modern sugar operations now use vacuum tubing. I played with the light and shadows of the trees in the late afternoon sun. The last hurrah of winter! _____ The price on this website is quoted in US dollars (unframed, plus shipping). When/if this artwork is at a gallery, contact them for the Canadian price, plus shipping and framing details, otherwise you can purchase my artwork directly, online, via this site. PayPal also accepts major credit cards and can convert other currencies into/from US$.