My name is Sue Steiner and I am the artist painting the farm animal murals in the Buggy Barn.  A couple years ago I painted the outside farm animal murals and now I am working on adding to the murals in the Buggy Barn, an authentic century old post and beam structure used by the Amish to store buggies and house animals.  The buggy barn in the store was dismantled on the farm and reconstructed in the store. My job has been to add the ‘animal’ element to the barn.  Jay Lehman has been busy adding antique farm implements and tools in the buggy barn just as you’d expect to see in the real thing.  It is becoming quite an interesting place! I particularly enjoy seeing the young kids faces when they see the animals.
On many Fridays from 10-2:00 you can find me working on the latest mural. As I am nearing completion of the young colt painting (pictured above) I have begun to tally votes for the next farm animal to go in the Buggy Barn. I’ve been asking people to leave comments here or to give me their vote when I am in the store painting. Some of the suggestions I’ve recieved have been barn cats, piglets, goats, calf, mouse, oxen and llama. Popular vote has been the sheep goes in next. You can see my rough sketch with chalk below the roosting chickens as I am beginning to plan out what I will paint.
I am letting you determine what goes in after I complete the sheep so if you want to register your vote now is your chance! Feel free to say any of the animals already mentioned or one of your own choosing.  I am game for what you all decide- provided it makes sense that it would be seen in an Amish Buggy Barn!
To see when I am scheduled to paint again click on the Events tab on the top of this page.
Thank you!
