By
Annie Bailey
Piece description from the artist
This simple building was, at one time, a one-room schoolhouse for children in rural Montana. To avoid traveling long distances every day, communities would construct these simple square buildings to house children for their schooling. A teacher would be employed who would often live nearby and would teach children of all ages at the same time. Many times the group of students would be no more than 10. These small classrooms are where countless children learned the basics of life until they got old enough to drive into town for classes at a bigger school.
Annie was born and raised in Montana, growing up on her family's ranch in the beautiful Smith River Valley. Growing up in Montana's wild and beautiful Landscape led to her deep love of nature and all things rural. Annie attended the Art Institute of Colorado and lived in Denver Colorado until the completion of her Interior Design degree in 2002. After working in that field for several years, Annie moved back to Montana and began her own business, focusing on her ever-growing love of photography. She began traveling the backroads and wilderness of Montana and the Rocky Mountain region and selling her photos professionally in galleries, shops, and online. She primarily searches for rural Landscapes, old barns, abandoned farmhouses, and occasionally wildlife she encounters. Her work as been featured in HGTV, Better Homes and Gardens, and featured in three books on emerging artists of the United States. She currently lives in Billings, Montana, and takes several trips during the year to gather new images.
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