Olivia Nienaber dipped a paintbrush into a can of Sherwin Williams’ Calypso blue last week, wiped off a few excess drips and carefully painted a straight, smooth line onto a white sheet of plywood.

The barn art has proved to be popular, drawing visitors from throughout the United States and Canada, from early spring through the fall foliage season, according to Kay Hamilton, assistant director ...

WILLMAR — For decades people have brightened up the outside of their barns, homes and garages with wood barn quilts. They are splashes of color and history that can be found throughout the United ...

Over the past year, barn quilts that are painted on wood to look like fabric have sprung up to add a colorful contrast to the faded red and white that often decorates rural farm landscapes. Now, ...

Artwork on a Morgan County barn has been chosen to represent Colorado in a new redwork ornament kit by historic needlework designer, The Posy Collection. The “Bow tie” design on Bill and Nancy Lauck’s ...

CLEMENT — Kellie Tew turns the pages of her barn quilt photo album. “It’s like a baby book,” she says, as a kaleidoscope of primary colors flickers through her hands. In the six years she’s been ...

Rosemary Pacha poses for a portrait with her barn quilt called “Iowa Barn and Silo” at her century farm in Brighton on May 7. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo If you’ve driven through the Iowa ...