By
Annie Bailey
Piece description from the artist
These small barns were the staple of farm life a few short decades ago. Used for so many purposes, they were a necessity of rural life. They stored hay and kept it dry, sheltered the animals from storms, and provided a place to keep family items that wouldn't fit inside the tiny farmhouses of the day. The barns of a farm were often built by the locals, hand built from the ground up using local lumber. To this day, their long-lasting craftsmanship is evidence of the great skill that was used to build them. This one stands in the foothills of the Big Belt Mountains in central Montana.
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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