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"Sunday Sun, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Sunday Sun, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Sunday Sun, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young captures a rural scene with a bright

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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

"Mint Julep" Contemporary Barn Painting
"Mint Julep" Contemporary Barn Painting

"Mint Julep" Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary landscape statement painting by Carol Young captures a rural scene with a barn

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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Big Duck Ranch, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Big Duck Ranch, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Big Duck Ranch, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary barn painting by artist Carol Young features a stunning contrasting palette. A

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

"Wading River Barn" Contemporary Landscape Painting
"Wading River Barn" Contemporary Landscape Painting

"Wading River Barn" Contemporary Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary realistic landscape painting by Carol Young captures a barn in a rural setting

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Grape Seed" Contemporary Landscape Painting
"Grape Seed" Contemporary Landscape Painting

"Grape Seed" Contemporary Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary realistic landscape painting by Carol Young captures a barn in a rural setting

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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Barn Hill
Barn Hill

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Barn Hill

By Carol Young

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She is a plein air painter as

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2010s Landscape Paintings

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Oil

"Lewin Barns, " Barn Painting
"Lewin Barns, " Barn Painting

"Lewin Barns, " Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary barn painting by Carol Young features a vibrant palette, capturing two warm

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Apple Barn, " Barn Painting
"Apple Barn, " Barn Painting

"Apple Barn, " Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary barn painting by Carol Young features a vibrant palette, capturing a bright

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Southberry Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Southberry Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Southberry Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This large-scale contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young is made with acrylic paint on

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Bayside Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Bayside Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Bayside Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary barn painting by Carol Young is made with acrylic paint on wood panel. In it, a

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Henri's Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Henri's Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Henri's Barn, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

signed by the artist in the lower left-hand corner of the composition. Carol C. Young is a landscape

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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Autumn Barn" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting
"Autumn Barn" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting

"Autumn Barn" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary rural landscape painting by Carol Young features a lightly abstract scene

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Summer Barns" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting
"Summer Barns" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting

"Summer Barns" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary rural landscape painting by Carol Young features an abstracted scene of a

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Moustache Barn
Moustache Barn

Carol YoungMoustache Barn, 2018

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H 6 in W 6 in D 1 in

Moustache Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

old farmhouse or barn, before the ever changing landscape changes again forever." - Carol C. Young

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Chester Barn
Chester Barn

Carol YoungChester Barn, 2016

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H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in

Chester Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

, Hopper ABOUT CAROL C. YOUNG Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Long Barn
Long Barn

Carol YoungLong Barn, 2014

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H 10 in W 30 in D 2 in

Long Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

summer light. Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She is a plein air

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board, Wood Panel

Buttercream Barn
Buttercream Barn

Carol YoungButtercream Barn, 2015

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H 10 in W 30 in D 2 in

Buttercream Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

A sunny day immortalized in shades of blue, green, pink and yellow. Carol C. Young is landscape

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Lonely Barn

Carol YoungLonely Barn, 2014

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Lonely Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

white barn with light green roof set against a landscape with a road curving to the right

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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Board

Shelton Dairy Barn
Shelton Dairy Barn

Carol YoungShelton Dairy Barn, 2016

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H 36 in W 48 in D 2 in

Shelton Dairy Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Light and shadow, cottage, barn, color, green, blue, purple, cream, Hopper ABOUT CAROL C. YOUNG

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Red Velvet Barn
Red Velvet Barn

Carol YoungRed Velvet Barn, 2014

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H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in

Red Velvet Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

About Carol C. Young Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She is a

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Wood Panel

Old Road Barn
Old Road Barn

Carol YoungOld Road Barn, 2016

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H 24 in W 24 in D 2 in

Old Road Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Barn, Hopper, orange, purple, New England BIOGRAPHY Carol C. Young is landscape painter working

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Barn and Wagon
Barn and Wagon

Carol YoungBarn and Wagon, 2015

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H 24 in W 36 in D 2 in

Barn and Wagon

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She is a plein air painter as

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Awakening, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Awakening, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Awakening, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

"Awakening" by Carol Young is a large contemporary barn painting made with acrylic paint on gallery

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Barn on Bronson Road
Barn on Bronson Road

Carol YoungBarn on Bronson Road, 2015

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H 30 in W 30 in D 2 in

Barn on Bronson Road

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Barn, country, light, shadow, mint green, teal, green ABOUT CAROL C. YOUNG Carol C. Young is

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood

"Twilight Sky, " Barn Painting
"Twilight Sky, " Barn Painting

"Twilight Sky, " Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary barn painting by Carol Young features a vibrant palette of warm pink

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Barns in Golden Ocre
Barns in Golden Ocre

Carol YoungBarns in Golden Ocre, 2013

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H 30 in W 40 in D 2 in

Barns in Golden Ocre

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Barns yellow, brown, pink, blue sky, trees, green field, shadows Carol C. Young is landscape

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Barn on Stillson Road
Barn on Stillson Road

Carol YoungBarn on Stillson Road, 2013

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H 30 in W 40 in D 2 in

Barn on Stillson Road

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Secluded white barn getaway with olive green roof, blue shadows and summer landscape. Carol C

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

East End Barns II
East End Barns II

Carol YoungEast End Barns II, 2014

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H 18 in W 24 in D 1 in

East End Barns II

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

for evermore. Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She is a plein air

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Pumpkin Hill, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Pumpkin Hill, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Pumpkin Hill, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

"Pumpkin Hill" by Carol Young is a large-scale contemporary barn painting on wood panel. The barn

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Velvet Violet, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Velvet Violet, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Velvet Violet, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This abstract contemporary barn painting by Carol Young is titled "Voilet Velvet" as its subject

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Emerald Hedge, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Emerald Hedge, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Emerald Hedge, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary landscape painting by Carol C. Young features an abstracted barn and greenery

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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Corn Rose, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Corn Rose, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Corn Rose, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a vibrant, saturated palette. It

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board

"Hillside Pasture, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Hillside Pasture, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Hillside Pasture, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary abstract landscape by Carol Young has a saturated palette and stark, contrasting

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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"New England Twilight, " Barn Painting
"New England Twilight, " Barn Painting

"New England Twilight, " Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary painting by Carol Young features a vibrant pink, purple, and light green

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Calverton Barns I, " Landscape Painting
"Calverton Barns I, " Landscape Painting

"Calverton Barns I, " Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a scene of farmland, with green

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Calverton Barns II, " Landscape Painting
"Calverton Barns II, " Landscape Painting

"Calverton Barns II, " Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a scene of farmland, with green

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

'Betty's Barn', Small Acrylic Painting
'Betty's Barn', Small Acrylic Painting

'Betty's Barn', Small Acrylic Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

exposed wood sides and ready to hang. Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board

'Lavender Barn', Small Acrylic Painting
'Lavender Barn', Small Acrylic Painting

'Lavender Barn', Small Acrylic Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

exposed wood sides and ready to hang. Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board

White Barn on the Hill
White Barn on the Hill

Carol YoungWhite Barn on the Hill, 2015

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H 30 in W 30 in D 2 in

White Barn on the Hill

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Barn, country, shadow, light, blue, white, green, sky, sun Carol C. Young is landscape painter

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Sheds, Barns and Green Farms
Sheds, Barns and Green Farms

Sheds, Barns and Green Farms

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

A getaway - tucked amist, green fields, blue skies, and open air. An elegant composition. Carol

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Six Feet Apart, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Six Feet Apart, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Six Feet Apart, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary barn painting by Carol Young features a cool palette. It depicts two rural barn

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Spring Light" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting
"Spring Light" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting

"Spring Light" Contemporary Barn Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This small contemporary rural landscape painting by Carol Young features a lightly abstracted scene

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

'Nunney Barn', Bold Contemporary Landscape Acrylic Painting
'Nunney Barn', Bold Contemporary Landscape Acrylic Painting

'Nunney Barn', Bold Contemporary Landscape Acrylic Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

, beach house, Hopper Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She is a plein

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Greenfield Barn
Greenfield Barn

Carol YoungGreenfield Barn, 2013

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H 30 in W 40 in D 2 in

Greenfield Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Barn, cottage, white, blue, green, brown, Edward Hopper ABOUT CAROL C. YOUNG Carol C. Young

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Crooked Barn
Crooked Barn

Carol YoungCrooked Barn, 2014

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H 10 in W 10 in D 2 in

Crooked Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Hopper ABOUT CAROL C. YOUNG Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

'Hopkins Barn', Small Contemporary Barn Acrylic Painting
'Hopkins Barn', Small Contemporary Barn Acrylic Painting

'Hopkins Barn', Small Contemporary Barn Acrylic Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

old farmhouse or barn, before the ever changing landscape changes again forever." - Carol C. Young

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Backyard Barn
Backyard Barn

Carol YoungBackyard Barn, 2014

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H 24 in W 24 in D 2 in

Backyard Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

Carol C. Young is landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She is a plein air painter as

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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Wood Panel

Blushing Barn

Blushing Barn

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

a light pink barn with green roof set against a dark green landscape

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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer

"Green Surround, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Green Surround, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Green Surround, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This acrylic painting on wood panel by Carol Young titled, "Green Surround" depicts a contemporary

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Dutch Lilac, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Dutch Lilac, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Dutch Lilac, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

"Dutch Lilac" by Carol Young is an acrylic painting on canvas. A contemporary violet barn sits

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Over Shadowed, " Contemporary Barn Painting
"Over Shadowed, " Contemporary Barn Painting

"Over Shadowed, " Contemporary Barn Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

The striking scene captured in "Overshadowed" by Carol Young was found in Flanders, North Fold of

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

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By Jeroen Allart

Located in New York, NY

This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Pink Chiffon" Contemporary Landscape Painting
"Pink Chiffon" Contemporary Landscape Painting

"Pink Chiffon" Contemporary Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This colorful contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a warm, vibrant palette and captures a rural scene. A cool blue-violet barn sits in a yellow-gold field and cast...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Dove Tale" Contemporary Landscape Painting
"Dove Tale" Contemporary Landscape Painting

"Dove Tale" Contemporary Landscape Painting

By Carol Young

Located in Westport, CT

This contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a cool neutral palette and captures a rural scene of a white barn structure sitting in green grass beneath a muted blue a...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Blue Barn Green Field - landscape, Canadian, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Blue Barn Green Field - landscape, Canadian, contemporary, acrylic on canvas

Blue Barn Green Field - landscape, Canadian, contemporary, acrylic on canvas

By Charles Pachter

Located in Bloomfield, ON

For Canada’s beloved pop artist, Charles Pachter, the barn reimagined in graphic form is a reminder of Canada’s early rural history and the pioneers that helped shape this country. T...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Two of a Kind" Contemporary Barn painting
"Two of a Kind" Contemporary Barn painting

"Two of a Kind" Contemporary Barn painting

By Justin Wheatley

Located in Denver, CO

Justin Wheatley's "Two of a Kind" is an original, handmade acrylic painting depicting a white barn with a gray roof. Justin Wheatley was born and raised in Clinton, Utah. He holds ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel

Red Barn Reflected - minimalist, contemporary, landscape, acrylic on canvas
Red Barn Reflected - minimalist, contemporary, landscape, acrylic on canvas

Red Barn Reflected - minimalist, contemporary, landscape, acrylic on canvas

By Charles Pachter

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Charles Pachter’s elegant contemporary paintings of barns pay homage to Canada’s rural roots and its strong agricultural heritage. In this piece, the clean lines of a bright red barn...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic

Vast no.9, Restore
Vast no.9, Restore

Alyson KinkadeVast no.9, Restore, 2020

$4,200

H 37 in W 37 in D 2 in

Vast no.9, Restore

By Alyson Kinkade

Located in Loveland, CO

"Vast no.9, Restore" by Alyson Kinkade Abstract Landscape Oil on Linen 36x36" image Black Metal cradle styled Frame, 37x37" After a year of storms, light begins to show on the horiz...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Miller Craig Farm

Miller Craig Farm

By Maureen Chatfield

Located in Greenwich, CT

American, b. 1948 Artist Statement: "My paintings are intuitive responses to the myriad forces that shape my life—emotions that translate into color, visual memories of forms and c...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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You are likely to find exactly the carol young barn you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. When looking for the right carol young barn for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, blue and brown. Artworks like these — often created in paint, acrylic paint and synthetic resin paint — can elevate any room of your home.

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A Close Look at Contemporary Art

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Landscape-paintings for You

It could be argued that cave walls were the canvases for the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict and elevate natural scenery through art, but there is a richer history to consider.

The Netherlands was home to landscapes as a major theme in painting as early as the 1500s, and ink-on-silk paintings in China featured mountains and large bodies of water as far back as the third century. Greeks created vast wall paintings that depicted landscapes and grandiose garden scenes, while in the late 15th century and early 16th century, landscapes were increasingly the subject of watercolor works by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo.

The popularity of religious paintings eventually declined altogether, and by the early 19th century, painters of classical landscapes took to painting out-of-doors (plein-air painting). Paintings of natural scenery were increasingly realistic but romanticized too. Into the 20th century, landscapes remained a major theme for many artists, and while the term “landscape painting” may call to mind images of lush, grassy fields and open seascapes, the genre is characterized by more variety, colors and diverse styles than you may think. Painters working in the photorealist style of landscape painting, for example, seek to create works so lifelike that you may confuse their paint for camera pixels. But if you’re shopping for art to outfit an important room, the work needs to be something with a bit of gravitas (and the right frame is important, too).

Adding a landscape painting to your home can introduce peace and serenity within the confines of your own space. (Some may think of it as an aspirational window of sorts rather than a canvas.) Abstract landscape paintings by the likes of Korean painter Seungyoon Choi or Georgia-based artist Katherine Sandoz, on the other hand, bring pops of color and movement into a room. These landscapes refuse to serve as a background. Elsewhere, Adam Straus’s technology-inspired paintings highlight how our extreme involvement with our devices has removed us from the glory of the world around us. Influenced by modern life and steeped in social commentary, Straus’s landscape paintings make us see our surroundings anew.

Whether you’re seeking works by the world’s most notable names or those authored by underground legends, find a vast collection of landscape paintings on 1stDibs.