Golf Hole with Rustic Barn

One of my favorite subjects to paint is golf. Between the beauty of a golf hole and the majestic visual movement of the golf swing, they have supplied me with a multitude of ideas for digital paintings. It is with this in mind that I regularly create digital golf paintings. Some of the digital paintings are based on photographs I have taken over the years at the many different golf courses I have had the opportunity to play. Other digital paintings are from my imagination. This one is a combination of all these elements.

A few years ago, I did a beautiful digital painting of the third hole at the Vista Links golf course. I took the reference photograph from the tee. There was a barn behind the hole. Unfortunately, from the tee, the barn was too small. I always thought that a big barn behind a golf hole green would be a beautiful view for the golfer playing the golf hole.

The late artist Bob Ross created an oil painting of a barn that I liked. I used that as my reference model for barn behind the green.

I started working on this painting while I was rehabbing my right hip. It helped me during this time, reminding me of my goal to get back on the golf course. For some reason, I got to a point where it didn’t seem to be working. I couldn’t get all the pieces fit together. So I abandoned the painting. This past weekend I was stuck in another painting. I was looking in my files and found this one. It’s incredible when you step away from a project. When you come back, you see things differently. Things become clear. That is what happened here.