BRUCE MAC DONALD Signed Oil on Canvas, Barn Scene, 2004, signature to lower left reads ‘Bruce Mac Donald 2004’, subject a barn scene, measures 39 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches, red cherry wood frame with gold rabbet, minor surface wear to frame, professionally framed, exposed canvas to reverse, not examined out of frame. “ I grew up in Winnetka, Illinois, with farms, cornfields, and barns edging our world, a world that fascinated me even as a young boy. We played in the cornfields and sometimes in the barn behind our house. Many a day found me sitting amongst them, dreaming and drawing. One of my father’s best friends, a well-known Chicago artist, Earl Gross, mentored me—taking me on painting trips—and yes, we painted barns. When older, I interned for him cleaning palettes, sweeping floors, running errands—for a little pay but really for the value of watching him work, or sometimes the other artists nearby. Still later, I came under the influence of a master painting teacher, William Mosby, at the American Academy of Art.? (Artists