Artist and author Robert Kroeger’s love of old barns has turned out three books, numerous paintings, and now a nearly month-long exhibit of his works at Ethos Art Collective in Mt. Healthy.
Barns Unlimited: Ohio’s Heritage will feature 40 to 50 oil paintings of all kinds of barns — wooden, stone, circular, and more — paired with an essay detailing the history or significance of each structure.
“It’s an art show designed to bring awareness to the value of the old barn,” Kroeger tells WVXU. “In the suburbs and in cities, people don’t really understand the value of the old barn, but back 100 (or) 200 years ago, they were the money makers. If you didn’t have a barn, you didn’t survive; you had to store your crops, your livestock, and sometimes even your families.”
Kroeger says many barns have been torn down for housing and other developments, or are no longer as useful as they used to be…