Sun Moon Star Barnwood Hex

Title

Sun Moon Star Barnwood Hex

Artist

Hanne Lore Koehler

Medium

Painting - Acrylic + Digital

Description

In order to keep this hex series consistent, I added some barn wood texture to this sun moon star hex design which was based on the original Pennsylvania Dutch barn hex signs. This was just a simple pencil sketch that I discovered in my dad's portfolio. After discovering some of my dad's unfinished drawings of beautiful Waterloo and Wellington County, Ontario barn hex designs, I thought it was a shame to loose these beautiful designs so I decided to complete some that I loved.

Shown here is the simple sun moon star hex design with the white moon and large white star in front of a large yellow sun against a blue sky background. These are encased in a black night sky circle filled with stars.

Today Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Signs are enjoyed by people around the world who hang them on their sheds, homes, barns and garages, above doorways, in workshops, and many other locations. Some of today's barn quilts are based on these traditional Pennsylvania Dutch elements. Order your reproduction canvas, acrylic prints or art prints - an excellent addition to your country or contemporary kitchen decor! Also great as cafe and deli decorator art prints

Distelfinks, hearts, leaves, flowers and stars - the elements that make up the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch hex designs all had special meanings. It was the belief of these German settlers that created their new home in North America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, that these designs would bring blessings and good fortune to the home and family in the form of good luck, fertility, love, happiness, good health and many other desirable wishes. These folk art style designs referred to as hex signs were an important part in their culture and traditions. They decorated their farmhouses inside and out with these hand-painted geometric designs, painting them on many household items, above doorways and on their barns.

Thank you to all who voted for this painting in these contests. I appreciate your generous response and support!
PAGAN THEMED ART 3.13.22 - 2nd
SYMBOL RUNE MAGIC SIGIL 12.8.22 - 3rd
SIGILS AND MAGIC 12.17.22 - 3rd

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January 29th, 2020

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