Swan Hex On Barn Wood

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Swan Hex On Barn Wood

Artist

Hanne Lore Koehler

Medium

Painting - Acrylic + Digital

Description

I have added some barn wood to the original swan hex design (also in this gallery). Based on the original Pennsylvania Dutch barn hex signs, I have completed my dad's unfinished drawing of this swan, heart, tulip, raindrop folk art hex design. After discovering his sketches of beautiful designs, I decided to complete some of his unfinished paintings.

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.

Today 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. Shown here is the colorful swan distelfink heart love design with tulips, leaves and raindrops for fertility in a black circle of strength that symbolizes eternal luck and success. 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!

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January 18th, 2020

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