Framed Red Barn Paintings

Every barn that I’ve seen throughout my life has been red. It’s a rare occasion when I see anything other than that color. But why are they red? European farmers seal the wood of their barns with linseed oil. It was often mixed with milk and lime which would cause paint to last longer, dry quicker, and harden. It is said that wealthy farmers would add blood from the slaughtered animals to the linseed oil mixture. When the paint dried, it went from bright red to a burnt red color.

A lot of the framed red barn art can be found these days. In a lot of rural areas you can still find a red barn on a stretch of farm land. Billy Jacobs has a framed red barn illustration that reminds me of a barn I used to see when I was younger and we took a lot of road trips through the rural parts of Illinois.