Robert F. (RF) Kroeger is a second-generation artist using the palette knife impasto painting methods onto Masonite or linen panels to preserve a memory of early American history with each barn he visits. Using the very wood from each barn he paints he makes frames for the paintings, giving them that rustic charm. In some cases, when the barn is dismantled, all that remains is the painting and its story.
Originally from Youngstown, OH, the Cincinnati artist plans on visiting each of Ohio’s 88 counties to capture glimpses of the past and preserve the history with his paintings and essay-form stories about the barns. Robert sees the barns as bellwhethers of the early pioneers – the farmers – who paved the way for today’s society and who continue to provide food for our tables.
“Barns represent the heart of America, and the old ones are bleeding. So many barns, so little time.” – RF Kroeger, Artist and Writer
Robert will be visiting Mantua, OH on 9/17/20 and touring parts of Portage and Geauga county along with Heather Paisley (Mantua, OH), and Judy Thornton (Shalersville, OH) Shalersville Historical Society starting off his day tour in the Village of Mantua.
To view his works, visit www.robertkroeger.com
