"Buggy Ride"

Date1989

Artist Mattie Lou O'Kelley 1908 - 1997

MediumPaint, either oil or acrylic on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 24" x 36"
Framed: 31" x 39 1/2"

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.

Object number2001.101.22

DescriptionBrightly colored painting of snowy scene in the country. A horse and buggy is wending its way along a winding hilly path towards the front of the painting. Various colored large homes dot the landscape. In the foreground children are building a snowman on the left side, while on the right, a horse, and cow munch on hay outside a red barn, while two red chickens are flapping their wings behind the horse.Mark(s)Written in black paint in the lower right corner "M.L. O'KELLEY/1989 21", and across the lower center edge is the title: "BUGGY RIDE".ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.