Dickey Farm Supply

This watercolor was painted in the studio from a photo taken back in 2008. Dickey Farm Supply is a feed supply house located in Belgrade, Missouri. The feed mill is very old, and it once milled its own flour. The mill is still in use today, although the milling of flour ceased there many years ago.

I discovered this quaint feed mill back in 2000. My wife and I had joined Liberty Baptist Church which is located across the street from the mill. From the first moment I spotted this mill, I wanted to do a painting of it. I did not get the chance back in the early 2000's, and we eventually moved to a different church outside of the Belgrade area. I did return several years later when I became the pastor of Liberty Baptist Church. I decided this time I would do a watercolor painting of the mill.

The reference photo was taken on a very cold day (single digit temperatures), so I did not paint it on location. This painting is one of my personal favorites, so I decided to enter it in the 2008 Washington County Fair. It ended up winning 2nd prize (I also won 1st prize with another painting at that fair---see Slow Saturday).