Gabrielle Nowicki 2016: An acre in the country. 18″x24″ Graphite on paperAs farming

Gabrielle Nowicki 2016: An acre in the country. 18″x24″ Graphite on paper

As farming operations become bigger, smaller, old fashioned farms are severed, the house is sold separately, and farmers buy the land surrounding them. The effect is much like little mirages or oases scattered throughout a vast landscape of corn, beans and wheat. During spring planting and harvest times, it suddenly gets very busy and noisy when crops are planted and harvested. The rest of the year is pretty quiet.   

If you look at satellite imagery of farm land, you will often see lines that look very similar to the ones I’ve drawn here.