Landscape With A Watermill By George Barret

Landscape with a Watermill by George Barret is an oil painting of a rural forest scene. The painting features an old, although working, dilapidated watermill, weary travelers on a grassy ledge, a rundown shack, and alert cows. Up above, grey clouds indicate an impending storm. In this painting, Barret wanted to depict the uncertainness of the future by emphasizing the central figures. To do this, he expertly used the elements of art.
In the foreground of the painting, there are two people resting by the water, one surveying the sky and another inspecting the watermill. The figures are on a journey. They are dressed in warm clothing, indicated by Barret’s use of deep shading, each have their own sack, and one has a walking stick. The traveler