2019 Salem County Farmlands Calendar

The 2019 Salem County Farmlands Calendar is a collection of photographs by me, Kimberly English, featuring the farmers and farmland of Salem County. $5 of each calendar sold will be donated to the Salem Vo-Tech Future Farmers of America Program. A great holiday gift that gives back to our farming community!

Earlier this year I reached out to last year's calendar customers to ask for their feedback on the ordering process, quality, and content. I received wonderful ideas and I took them to heart when designing this year's calendar. Many people requested the preview of the previous and next month on the calendar grid and I have to agree that that is a hand feature so I incorporated that into this year's design. I continued to choose one photo per month as it was almost unanimous that was enjoyed by customers. I like that it gives the customer the opportunity to frame the photo(s) if they choose after the calendar has been used. A new feature this year: I added photos along the side the calendar grid. I really like this update and I hope that you do, too!

Preorder your calendar today! Orders will be taken until November 20th. Calendars will be available for free local pick up at my Holiday Open House December 1-2, 2018. For non-local customers, please choose your shipping option at checkout. Click here to order.

Featuring: Featuring: After Six Farms, Alexis & Laura Coleman, A. Williams Farms, Coleman Brothers Farms, Coleman Feed, Coombs Sod Farm, Cowtown Farmers Market, Dusty Lane Farms, Emel Farms, English Farms, Frog Ocean Honey, It'll Do Acres, Jimmy Coleman, Kurt Sickler, Myers Farms, Schaeffer Ag Services, Scheese Farms, R.M. Sicker Farm, Robinson Farms, Sickler Farm, Tice Farms, Wilson Brothers Farms.

If you are a Salem County farmer that would like to have their operations and/or land photographed to be included in next year's calendar, please sign up by clicking here.

Painting Progression: Growing Undercover

One morning in December I woke up to a beautiful winter wonderland of pristine, powdery snow. My husband was home and everyone was still sleeping so I decided to suit up in my Carhartts and muck boots. I wanted to take a walk to get reference pictures since I had yet to paint a snow landscape. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get some amazing photographs!

Before the sunrise, I walked down the side of my neighbor's farm fields and toward the the closest road. I found a lot of great inspiration along the way but found myself at the corner of Canhouse and Coleman Road just as the sun was beginning to crest over the hill and clouds. I was captivated with how the sunshine glistened across the fresh snow.

After I got home, I reviewed the photographs I had taken and really fell in love with the contrasting colors that appeared in snow and sky. I thought the hills in the background and high contrast undulations found in the foreground would make a dynamic painting. 

While I was working, I learned that the particular field I was painting was planted with winter wheat. As I was painting, the title came to me and I thought it would provide a level of intrigue to the viewer: What is under the snow? What could be growing in winter? I also wanted the title to illustrate that a farmer's work continues even during the bitter cold of winter.

Below is the painting along with the progression video of it's creation. 

Leave me a comment, I'd love to hear what you think!

"Growing Undercover" - Acrylics on Gessobord - 8" x 10" by Kimberly English © 2018

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2018 Salem County Farmlands Calendar

I initially started taking photographs of Salem County farmlands to use as reference material for my paintings. After my children were born, I turned to taking pictures in the morning and evening as an extra way of being creative and finding inspiration. There has been such a positive response that I decided to compile them into a calendar for a good cause.

The 2018 Salem County Farmlands Calendar is a collection of photographs by me, Kimberly English, featuring the farmers and farmland of Salem County. $5 of each calendar sold will be donated to the Woodstown Future Farmers of America Program. A great holiday gift that gives back to our farming community!

Featuring: Coleman Brothers Farms of Elmer, English Farms of Aldine, Wilson Brother's Farms of Daretown, and Spring Brook Farms of Pittsgrove.

Preorder your calendar today! Orders will be taken until November 20th. Calendars will be available for free local pick up at my Holiday Open House December 2-3, 2017. For non-local customers, please choose your shipping option at checkout. Click here to order

If you are a Salem County farmer that would like to have their operations and/or land photographed to be included in next year's calendar, please email me at: kimberlydenglish@gmail.com