Country Living Canvas Print

This collage celebrates many of the wonderful reasons that I love "country living." The sights and smells of freshly mowed hay, a peaceful walk on a tree-covered lane, fresh country eggs and green beans from the garden. Life in the country reminds us that traditions are important...from keeping up the old barns because the new ones just aren't the same, to gathering on a Sunday morning at a small-town church. No matter the season, no matter the weather, I'm always grateful and feel blessed to live in the country.

Cricket Hackmann is a fine art photographer specializing in Missouri landscapes. As a farm wife and mother-of-two, Cricket Hackmann's love of photography began with documenting her children's days...and has expanded to become a means of holding on to a piece of all the beauty that surrounds us. Her goal is to produce vibrant, stunning images of the rural landscapes and close-ups of nature in central Missouri...with occasional other subjects included as they catch her eye. As a self-taught photographer, Cricket works daily to learn new ways of honing her skills and improving her art. She uses a DSLR camera as her primary tool to capture an image, and then various software programs, as needed, to transform the image into the desired...