Euro Ago and Amer Ago

Euro Ago: Old Dutch and Old Russia paintings

These Old Dutch paintings are influenced by Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s paintings from the mid-1500’s. They show village life as it might have been in Dutch or Flemish communities. The people are depicted working and socializing throughout the seasons. We might find someone harvesting grain, fetching water from a community well, riding a horse-drawn cart, greeting another outside their thatched-roof homes, or children playing with dogs. It all adds to the sense of atmosphere we get when viewing the paintings. It allows us to imagine life as it once was before contemporary technology changed the world.

The Old Russia painting depicts Russian life in a time when hard-working peasant people endured and sometimes flourished in a harsh land. Their small villages of log cabins and thatched roofs were refuges from the vast wilderness. Within them, they found fellowship and community. The cabins were built from the tall conifers that still populate large areas of the Russian landscape.

Old Dutch Autumn - 20 x 16 oil on canvas

Old Dutch Spring’s Kiss – 10 x 8 oil on canvas

Old Dutch Winter Fun – 10 x 8 oil on canvas

The Old Russia painting depicts Russian life in a time when hard-working peasant people endured and sometimes flourished in a harsh land. Their small villages of log cabins and thatched roofs were refuges from the vast wilderness. Within them, they found fellowship and community. The cabins were built from the tall conifers that still populate large areas of the Russian landscape.

Russian Visitors – 10 x 8 oil on canvas

The Forlorn Farmer – 30 x 40 oil on canvas

The Lives of Bouguereau’s Girls Paintings

The Lives of Bouguereau’s Girls paintings are influenced by William Adolphe Bouguereau (Boog·e-rō) who was a celebrated French painter of the late 1800’s. He often painted life-sized portraits of French peasant girls peacefully sitting in their period garb. Dennis Hill has given those girls names and painted them partaking in activities common for the time. When the girls peer toward their viewer they reveal a sweetly shy smile characteristic of youth.

Chantal at the Wool Barn – 30 x 24 oil on canvas

Camille Washes Her Feet – 12 x 16 oil on canvas

Adrienne Feeds Alphonso – 20 x 16 oil on canvas

Genevieve Sells Gourds by the Road – 16 x 12 oil on canvas

Renee’ Lunches by the Rocks – 20 x 16 oil on canvas

Sophie Sleeps – 10 x 8 oil on canvas

Monique Tends the Cows –oil on canvas

Melanie Flees the Storm – 12 x 16 oil on canvas

Amer Ago Series
Prehistoric cave drawings, wooden sail ships, a scene from an Iowa farm, and other paintings depict American life throughout the centuries.