Dole Farm, Northfield, Vermont

Dole Farm, Northfield, Vermont Painting

Vermont, known for the great outdoors, comes to life with the Dole Farm, Northfield, Vermont painting. This is a piece that shows the raw elegance of one small farm in the valley of Vermont. With its aged look and appeal to nature, nothing will make you think of Vermont in the same way again. This is a true collectors piece for farming, rural living and of course, Vermont at its finest.

Watercolor

Alicia Stonebreaker painted this beautiful watercolor atop Dole Hill, above Norwich University, in Northfield, Vermont. View how she skillfully painted the sheet metal roofed barn with the stained and weathered barn wood. The grazing cow and surrounding pasture are filled with varying hues of color that highlight her immense depth of talent when working with watercolors. The top of this hill was a popular destination for the Norwich University Corps of Cadets.

Most rook freshman cadets were made to run up this huge hill before breakfast each morning. During the weekends, many kegs of beer were swilled by the relaxing cadets on the same site. The Dole Hill barn burned to the ground (cause unknown) in 1977. Alicia captured this Vermont scene just before the fire, and it is the only known painting of the famous Dole Farm barn and hill top location. Many older Norwich Cadets will recognize this location and barn with both agony and fond memories.